Browsing by Subject "Empirical Approach"
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Are for-profit hospital conversions harmful to patients and to Medicare?
(Rand J Econ, 2002)We examine how changes in hospital ownership to and from for-profit status affect quality and Medicare payments per hospital stay. We hypothesize that hospitals converting to for-profit ownership boost post acquisition ... -
Data monitoring and interim analyses in the pharmaceutical industry: ethical and logistical considerations.
(Stat Med, 1993-03)The characteristics of data monitoring and the need for the use of data monitoring committees in clinical trials sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry differ from those of trials sponsored by government. Data monitoring ...