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Distance, Quality, or Relationship? Interhospital Transfer of Heart Attack Patients

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1 Published in 2018 at "Production and Operations Management"

DOI: 10.1111/poms.12711

Abstract: We empirically investigate the pattern of where heart attack patients are transferred between hospitals. Using 2011 Florida State Emergency Department and Inpatient Databases, we demonstrate the relative importance of three key factors in determining transfer… read more here.

Keywords: distance quality; quality; attack patients; transfer ... See more keywords