Hospital Characteristics and Mortality Rates
- 21 December 1989
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 321 (25), 1720-1725
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198912213212506
Abstract
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) publishes hospital mortality rates each year. We undertook a study to identify characteristics of hospitals associated with variations in these rates. To do so, we obtained data on 3100 hospitals from the 1986 HCFA mortality study and the American Hospital Association's 1986 annual survey of hospitals. The mortality rates were adjusted for each hospital's case mix and other characteristics of its patients.Keywords
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