The Determinants of Emergency and Elective Admissions to Hospitals.

Abstract

The reports investigates three topics associated with admissions to non-profit short-term hospitals. Chapter 1 examines properties of alternative models for predicting daily emergency admissions in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Chapter 2 structures a cross-section time-series model of emergency admissions to individual hospitals. Chapter 3 formalizes and tests a descriptive model of hospital admissions decisions on urgent and elective patients.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0766377

Entities

People

  • Lester P. Silverman

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cooperation
  • Emergencies
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Pennsylvania

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Trauma or Military Medicine