Employment trends in hospitals, 1981-1993

Article Abstract:

Hospital employment during 1981 to 1993 is analyzed. The number of hospital employees steadily rose during this period, after controls were made on the inpatient and outpatient volume and a proxy for changes in case mix was used. Growth mostly occurred in the nonclinical areas. The difference in the employment growth of states with high or low penetration of health maintenance organizations was not statistically significant. There were none either in states with or without all-payer rate-setting programs.

Research, Employment, Health maintenance organizations

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Death and reputation: how consumers acted upon HCFA mortality information

Article Abstract:

The mortality reports released by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) from 1986 to 1992 created a small but statistically significant effect on consumers. A community hospital with an actual death rate that is twice than HCFA's expectation had a first year rate of less than one fewer discharge per week and a nine-year rate of 116 fewer discharges. Reports of untoward deaths in hospitals have negatively affected hospital discharges with reductions of about 9%.

Reports, Hospital utilization, United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Hospital admission and discharge

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