Evaluating individual surgeons based on total hospital costs: Evidence for variation in both total costs and volatility of costs

Keyphrases

• Single Surgeon 100%
• Total Hospital Costs 100%
• Volatility 100%
• Surgeons 80%
• Procedure Complexity 80%
• Patient Mix 60%
• Hospital Costs 40%
• Clinically Significant 20%
• Medical Center 20%
• Patient Characteristics 20%
• National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) 20%
• University of Michigan 20%
• Model Combining 20%
• Cost Data 20%
• Patient-level 20%
• Econometrics 20%
• Surgical Patients 20%
• Statistical Model 20%
• Outcome Assessment 20%
• Variation in Cost 20%
• Level Characteristic Values 20%
• Quality Incentive 20%
• Quality Improvement Program 20%
• Quality in Health Care 20%
• Variable Complexity 20%
• Least Square Regression Method 20%
• Quantile Regression Model 20%
• Ordinary Least Squares Regression 20%
• Interquantile Range 20%
• Factor Complexity 20%

Computer Science

• Least Squares Method 100%
• Outcome Measure 100%
• Health Care 100%
• Outcome Variable 100%
• Quantile Regression Method 100%
• Statistical Model 100%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Health Care Cost 100%
• Surgeon 100%
• Hospital Cost 100%
• Case Mix 33%
• Quality Improvement 22%
• Health Care 11%
• Incentive 11%
• Least Square Analysis 11%