Assessing the appropriateness of hospital utilization to improve efficiency and competitive position

Health Care Manage Rev. 1987 Summer;12(3):17-27. doi: 10.1097/00004010-198701230-00006.

Abstract

A hospital, induced by a certificate of need process and a newly competitive health care environment, made the transition from passive response to outside pressures to active utilization control.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Certificate of Need
  • Efficiency*
  • Female
  • Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over
  • Hospitals, Teaching / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Admission
  • Research Design
  • Retrospective Studies
  • United States
  • Utilization Review / methods*