Year: 1972
Type: article
Abstract: Four indexes are presented for classifying short-term nonfederal general hospitals by the scope of service they provide. The indexes, constructed by the application of Guttman scaling to data from 5439 hospitals, are tested for cohesiveness and unidimensionality and their relation to hospital expenses and staffing is examined. The usefulness of the indexes for classifying hospitals and as stratification variables is discussed.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: M Edwards, J D Miller, R Schumacher
Language: English
Subfield: Health Information Management
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W115521528