Comparison of Cost Center-Specific vs Hospital-wide Cost-to-Charge Ratios for Operating Room Services at Various Hospital Types.

Childers, Christopher P; Dworsky, Jill Q; Russell, Marcia M; Maggard-Gibbons, Melinda · JAMA Surg · 2019

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

This analysis estimates differences associated with using general hospital-wide cost-to-charge ratios vs cost center–specific cost-to-charge ratios for operating room services and discusses whether this bias varies by hospital type.

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