suffering from acute myocardial infarction. Data sources include 100% Medicare Provider Analysis and Review, AHA hospital annual … surveys, Medicare hospital cost reports, and longitude and latitude information for 1995-2005. We define four ED access change …

In this paper, we propose a methodological approach to measure the relationship between hospital costs and health … 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 …