TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jensen, PH
AU  - Webster, E
AU  - Witt, J
Y2  - 2014/05/22
Y1  - 2009/12/01
SN  - 1057-9230
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/30392
AB  - This paper investigates whether there are differences in patient outcomes across different types of hospitals using patient-level data on readmission and mortality associated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Hospitals are grouped according to their ownership type (private, public teaching, public non-teaching) and their location (metropolitan, country and remote country). Using data collected from 130 Victorian hospitals on 19,000 patients admitted to a hospital with their first AMI between January 2001 and December 2003, we consider how the likelihood of unplanned re-admission and mortality varies across hospital type. We find that there are significant differences across hospital types in the observed patient outcomes - private hospitals persistently outperform public hospitals.
LA  - English
PB  - WILEY
KW  - Applied Economics
T1  - HOSPITAL TYPE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION USING AMI READMISSION AND MORTALITY RECORDS
DO  - 10.1002/hec.1435
IS  - HEALTH ECONOMICS
VL  - 18
IS  - 12
SP  - 1440-1460
L1  - /bitstream/handle/11343/30392/279376_136606.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=n
ER  -