The effect of cost, competition, profit and cost containment policy on hospital quality of care

The effects of cost containment and related factors on hospital quality of care were studied. A major purpose of this study was to explore the usefulness of Peer Review data in quality of care research. National data (50 states) and a 119-hospital sample from three states with strict cost containment activity (Illinois, Vermont, and Virginia) were used. For the national data, states were categorized by the strictness of their cost containment program (data from an original survey). Hospital cost, margin, competition and regulatory variables were used in OLS models on eight different quality of care measures, including five from Peer Review Organization quality assessments, and three using HCFA's mortality statistics. For the sample data, a 2SLS adjustment was used on the margin variable.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Community Health

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• House, Patricia

• Health Sciences, Public Health
• Political Science, Public Administration
• Health Sciences, Health Care Management

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 House, Patricia

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9026209
(UMI)AAI9026209

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19948