Does Hospital Crowding Matter? Evidence from Trauma and Orthopedics in England†

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: HOE, T. H. O. M. A. S. P.
• 署名单位: Cornell University; Cornell University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20180672
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 231-262
• 关键词: health; performance; COMPETITION; pay

摘要

This paper estimates the impact of hospital crowding on medical treatment decisions and patient health outcomes. Exploiting pseudorandom variation in emergency admissions, I find that a readmission rate by 4.1 percent. Nonparametric and heterogeneity analyses suggest that ???quicker and sicker??? discharges contribute to the additional readmissions. The crowding impacts are larger in hospital departments with fewer beds, sicker patients, and stronger