Trends in hospital procedures
Subtitle: regional variations, 1980-87
By: [Anne Elixhauser, D. Robert Harris, and Rosanna M. Coffey]
Contributors: Elixhauser, A. 1955-; Harris, D. Robert.; Coffey, Rosanna M.
Series: Provider studies research note -- 22; AHCPR pub -- no. 95-0002
Publisher: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Center for General Health Services Intramural Research, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Rockville, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Surgical Procedures, Operative -- statistics & numerical data -- United States; Diagnosis -- statistics & numerical data -- United States; Hospitals -- utilization; Hospitalization -- statistics & numerical data -- United States
Notes: "December 1994"--P.[4] of cover.

"This report compares rates of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed during hospitalization in the four major U.S. regions (Northeast, North Central, South, and West), based on a national sample of hospitals ... This study employs data from the Hospital Cost and Utilization Project"--P.5.

Includes bibliographic references.