hospital sector. We use a full sample of administrative data from the unselected, complete German hospital population for the … years 2005 to 2007. We apply regression methods to analyze the association between volume and hospital quality. We measure … hospital quality with a binary variable, which indicates whether the patient has died in hospital. Using simulation techniques …

. -- Volume ; hospital quality ; mortality …This paper examines the effects of hospital case volume on quality of care on the example of intact abdominal aortic …. Quality is measured with a binary variable which indicates whether the patient has died in hospital. The results show that …

variation in mortality rates between weekend and weekday admissions. Patients admitted during the weekend exhibit higher in-hospital … mortality rates. We also find signs of premature discharge, as patients with short lengths of stay tend to exhibit higher … probability to be readmitted as emergency cases. -- Hospital quality ; weekend effect ; inpatient outcomes …

ensure the available information is exploited. To demonstrate its application, data on mortality following hospital treatment … in hospital costs by €100 to increase the hazard of dying, i.e. mortality, by 0.43%. The negative association between … costs and mortality confirms that increased resource input leads to better outcomes for treatment after AMI. -- hospital …

German hospital sector. Methods: We use a full sample of administrative data from the unselected, complete German hospital … population for the years 2005 to 2007. We apply regression methods to analyze the association between volume and hospital quality …. We measure hospital quality with a binary variable, which indicates whether the patient has died in hospital. Using …