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$2,618.27; Winchester $3,174.10.
“Let me caution you that it is extremely difficult to arrive at any concrete conclusions regarding any particular hospital’s cost effective- ^ ness on the basis of this report duff,,, to its scope and nature,” added Hr. %
Rutkowski. ||
The interpretation and compari- i son of hospital charges is based on 1 the rates for the month of February, 1987, and additional budgetary statistics.
Hospitals have responded to pressure from business, insurers, and government to reduce the length of hospitalization.
Consequently, the average length of stay affects the average charge per patient day. If the same services are rendered, a shorter length of stay will result in a higher average charge per patient day.
The report states that the increase in average charge per admission continues to be significantly less than the increase in average charge per day.
Since the report covers procedures occuring in one month, the number of cases reported for a particular diagnosis may be small and may skew the average charge for that diagnosis.
The report showed CMH below the regional average for most of the eleven diagnoses surveyed.
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