1. A medical technology index for community hospitals.
- Author
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Prince TR
- Subjects
- Benchmarking standards, Diagnosis-Related Groups, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Health Services Research, Hospital Departments classification, Hospital Departments economics, Hospital Departments standards, Hospitals, Community economics, Hospitals, Community standards, Humans, Income, Investments, Management Audit, Regression Analysis, Reproducibility of Results, United States, Benchmarking methods, Hospitals, Community classification, Medical Laboratory Science standards
- Abstract
This article creates a medical technology index to serve as a benchmark in strategic assessment of community hospitals. An expert panel assigned weights to the six components in the index. Empirical validation is achieved by regressing bond ratings on the index and using the index with eight other factors in explaining net incomes of community hospitals.
- Published
- 1998
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