Variation in Hospital Length of Stay: Do Physicians Adapt Their Length of Stay Decisions to What Is Usual in the Hospital Where They Work?

de Jong, J.D.; P. Westert, Gert; Lagoe, Ronald; Groenewegen, Peter

doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00486.x

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Variation in Hospital Length of Stay: Do Physicians Adapt Their Length of Stay Decisions to What Is Usual in the Hospital Where They Work?

Published in Health Services Research • Dec 9, 2005

Authors:

J.D. de Jong

Gert P. Westert

Ronald Lagoe

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that physicians who work in different hospitals adapt their length of stay decisions to what is usual in the hospital under consideration. DATA SOURCES: Secondary data were used, originating from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS). SPARC...

Subject

Medicine

Psychological intervention

Ambulatory

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