The Dartmouth atlas of health care in Pennsylvania 1998
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care in Pennsylvania, a part of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care series of publications, demonstrates again that the way healthcare resources are distributed and used, at the local level, challenges the conventional wisdom that illness determines the use of medical ca...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, Illinois :
American Hospital Publishing, Inc
1998.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009757138606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dedication
- Front Matter
- Chapter One. Variations in the Use of Acute Care Hospital Services
- Small Area Analysis
- The Surgical Signature
- The Medical Signature
- Sources of Variation
- Notes on the Data
- The Geography of Health Care in Pennsylvania
- Chapter One Table
- Chapter Two. Acute Care Hospital Resources and Expenditures in Pennsylvania
- Acute Care Hospital Beds
- Acute Care Hospital Employees
- Registered Nurses Employed in Acute Care Hospitals
- Acute Care Hospital Charges
- Medicare Spending
- Medicare Reimbursements for Noncapitated Medicare
- Medicare Reimbursements for Inpatient Services
- Medicare Reimbursements for Outpatient Services
- Medicare Reimbursements for Professional and Laboratory Services
- Medicare Reimbursements for Home Health Services
- Chapter Two Table
- Chapter Three. The Physician Workforce in Pennsylvania
- The Physician Workforce Active in Patient Care
- Physicians in Primary Care
- Adult Primary Care Physicians
- Anesthesiologists
- Cardiologists
- Cardiothoracic Surgeons
- General Surgeons
- Neurosurgeons
- Obstetrician/Gynecologists
- Orthopedic Surgeons
- Pediatricians
- Radiologists
- Urologists
- Physicians in Residency Training Programs
- Chapter Three Tables
- Chapter Four. The Surgical Treatment of Common Diseases in Pennsylvania
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Colectomy for Colon Cancer
- Cholecystectomy
- Primary Hip Replacement
- Primary Knee Replacement
- Lumbar Discectomy
- Mastectomy for Breast Cancer
- Hysterectomy for Benign Conditions of the Uterus
- Births
- Cesarean Sections
- Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section (VBAC)
- Transurethral Prostatectomy (TURP)
- Radical Prostatectomy
- Chapter Four Tables
- Chapter Five. The Experience of Death in Pennsylvania
- The Likelihood That Death Will Occur in a Hospital, Rather Than Elsewhere
- The Likelihood of Hospitalization During the Last Six Months of Life
- Days in Hospitals During the Last Six Months of Life
- The Likelihood of Admission to Intensive Care During the Last Six Months of Life
- Days in Intensive Care During the Last Six Months of Life
- Reimbursements for Inpatient Care During the Last Six Months of Life
- Reimbursements for Intensive Care During the Last Six Months of Life
- Chapter Five Tables
- Chapter Six. Which Rate is Right? How Much is Enough? and What is Fair?
- I. Islands of Rationality
- II. Setting Limits on Hospital Capacity
- III. Setting Limits on the Physician Workforce
- IV. Focusing the Debate: A Summary Statement
- Appendix on Methods
- Appendix on Populations
- Appendix on the Maine Medical Assessment Foundation. Putting the Atlas to Work: The Role of the Provider Community
- Endnote.
