Differences in length of stay between public hospitals, treatment centres and private providers: selection or efficiency? / Luigi Siciliani, Peter Sivey and Andrew Street
- Bib ID:
- 5695264
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Siciliani, Luigi
- Online Version:
- http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/downloads/working_paper_series/wp2011n06.pdf
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- Description:
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- [Parkville, Vic.] : Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, 2011
- 13 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780734042378
- Series:
- Melbourne Institute working paper ; no. 6/11, 1328-4991.
- Summary:
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"We investigate differences in patients' length of stay between National Health Services (NHS) public hospitals, public treatment centres and private treatment centres that provide elective (non-emergency) hip replacement to publicly-funded patients. We find that private treament centres and public treatment centres have on average respectively 40% and 18% shorter length of stay compared to NHS public hospitals, even after controlling for differences in age, gender, number and type of diagnosis, deprivation and geographical variation. We therefore interpret such differences as due to efficiency as opposed to selection (treatement of less complex cases). Quantile regression suggests that the proportionate differences between different provider types are larger at the higher conditional quatiles of length of stay compared to the lower ones."--Abstract.
- Notes:
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- "March 2011"
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 8-9).
- Also available online via the internet. Address as at 12/9/11: http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/downloads/working_paper_series/wp2011n06.pdf
- Subject:
- Hospital utilization -- Length of stay -- Great Britain
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- Copyright:
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