- Title
- A comparison of hospital outpatient departments and private practice.
- First Author
- Lion, Joanna
- Date of Pub
- 1985 Summer
- Pages
- 69-81
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Other Authors
- Friedman, Robert H; Henderson, Mary G; Malbon, Alan
- Abstract
- This article addresses cost differences between primary care physicians in private practice and hospital outpatient departments (OPD's). The analysis utilizes ambulatory visit groups (AVG's), the outpatient equivalent of diagnosis-related groups (DRG's), to adjust for case mix. Major findings are that OPD's have higher per visit costs than physicians' private offices; internists are more expensive than general practitioners regardless of site; and ancillary service costs are actually slightly higher in private practice. Any prospective payment system for ambulatory care must consider these costs differences.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Comparative Study : Costs and Cost Analysis : Diagnosis-Related Groups/economics : Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/economics : Primary Health Care/economics : Private Practice/economics : Support, Non-U.S. Gov't : Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. : United States
- NTIS Number
- PB86-139409
