Abstract
Two indexes are described, based on measures of administrative effectiveness and patient care effectiveness. The measures used were selected and ranked by a Delphi panel from a list of 30 measures drawn from the literature. Weights were assigned by the panel to 19 selected measures. The resulting indexes did well in a test on data collected from 32 Texas hospitals.
MeSH terms
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Accreditation
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Administrative Personnel / standards
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Autopsy
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Consumer Behavior
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Costs and Cost Analysis
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Education, Continuing
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Evaluation Studies as Topic
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Hospital Administration / standards*
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Hospitalization*
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Humans
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Length of Stay
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Medical Audit
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Medical Staff, Hospital / standards
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Methods
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Mortality
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Nursing Staff, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
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Personnel, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
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Quality of Health Care
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Surgical Procedures, Operative / standards
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Texas