Open AccessMortality in a public and a private hospital compared: the severity of antecedent disorders in Medicare patients.
Author(s) -
Robert Burns,
Linda O. Nichols,
Marshall J. Graney,
William B. Applegate
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.7.966
Subject(s) - medicine , public hospital , public health , epidemiology , emergency medicine , hospital care , severity of illness , health care , disease , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , nursing , economics , economic growth
The objectives of this study were to determine (1) if there were significant differences between patients who died at a public hospital and those who died at a university hospital that functions as a private, community hospital, and (2) if those differences were associated with an increased risk of death.