Abstract/Details

Associations between environment, hospital finances, and patient readmissions: Exploratory analysis

Bergfeld, Nicholas Blake.   Yale University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2016. 10153401.

Abstract (summary)

Much of the variation seen in healthcare patient outcomes and hospital finances in the United States is unexplained. This study used fourteen separate data sources with information on resource capacity, hospital competition, and neighborhood socioeconomic status to construct models that attempted to characterize all domains related to the casual care pathway of patient outcomes. These models were used in regression analysis with two nationally available measures of hospital performance: hospital readmission rates and profit margins, as dependent variables. This analysis showed no or weak associations across all models, with the exception of associations between increases in hospital finances with information technology infrastructure and decreased competition in metropolitan areas.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Medicine;
Health care management
Classification
0564: Medicine
0769: Health care management
Identifier / keyword
Health and environmental sciences; Hospital finances; Hospital readmissions rates; Patient outcomes; Profit margins
Title
Associations between environment, hospital finances, and patient readmissions: Exploratory analysis
Author
Bergfeld, Nicholas Blake
Number of pages
75
Degree date
2016
School code
0265
Source
DAI-B 78/03(E), Dissertation Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
978-1-369-08536-5
Advisor
Krumholz, Harlan
University/institution
Yale University
Department
Yale School of Medicine
University location
United States -- Connecticut
Degree
M.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
10153401
ProQuest document ID
1835857254
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/1835857254