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The Structural Response And Performance Of General Hospitals In A Managed Care Environment, Denise M. Mccollum
The Structural Response And Performance Of General Hospitals In A Managed Care Environment, Denise M. Mccollum
Theses and Dissertations
The study purpose is to link hospital structure, represented by each hospital’s professional contingent, service mix, and inpatient capacity; and its environment, characterized by the penetration of managed care enrollees. The secondary purpose is to test the relationship between hospital structural change and subsequent hospital performance.
The study employs a non-experimental panel design, with a sample of 1882 community hospitals (service type: general medical and surgical). Environmental variables are measured for the base year 1989. Hospital structural variables are measured for 1989 and 1994, with change variables computed. Performance variables are measured for 1989 and 1995, with change computed for …