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Comparative Study
. 2019 Jun 1;154(6):557-558.
doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.0146.

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

Christopher P Childers  1 , Jill Q Dworsky  1 , Marcia M Russell  1 , Melinda Maggard-Gibbons  1
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Comparative Study

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

Christopher P Childers et al. JAMA Surg. .

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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