Classification of Community Hospitals by Scope of Service: Four Indexes

AUTOR(ES)

Edwards, Mary

RESUMO

Four indexes are presented for classifying short-term nonfederal general hospitals by the scope of service they provide. The indexes, constructed by the application of Guttman scaling to data from 5439 hospitals, are tested for cohesiveness and unidimensionality and their relation to hospital expenses and staffing is examined. The usefulness of the indexes for classifying hospitals and as stratification variables is discussed.

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