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Figure 19. Probability density for total charges
Figure 20. Probability density for length of stay
at the same rate across hospitals, it is possible that there is a confounding factor for charges that is not
present for length of stay.
use of tHe cHarlson Index to rank ProvIders
We again want to look at the difference between actual and expected mortality to rank the quality of
providers when treating patients with COPD, and then to rank patients undergoing cardiovascular by-
pass surgery (procedure 36.1). We compare our results here to those found in chapter 4 when a severity
index was not used.
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