We explore what effect controlling for various patient characteristics beyond a case-mix index (DRG) has on inferences drawn about the relative cost performance of hospital departments. We estimate fixed effect cost models in which 3754 patients are clustered within six Danish vascular...

Objective: The purpose is to explore whether better structure and process management provide better outcome quality for the individual patient and among hospital departments. <p>Methods: Using patient level data in which 4,202 patients across seven vascular departments are pooled we estimate fixed...</p>

We explore what effect controlling for various patient characteristics beyond a case-mix index (DRG) has on inferences drawn about the relative cost performance of hospital departments. We estimate fixed effect cost models in which 3754 patients are clustered within six Danish vascular...