caa a22 4500 397519141 CHVBK 20180308164628.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199509 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/intqhc/7.3.245 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/intqhc/7.3.245 ASH ARLENE Associate Research Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA The Design and Analysis of Hospital Utilization Studies [Elektronische Daten] [ARLENE ASH] The reports of hospital utilization review (UR) studies that appear in this issue employ a range of design strategies, and much of the variation seems accidental—arising because there are many acceptable strategies—rather than functional. This paper is about general design strategy: the value of explicit protocols for sampling and data collection, of analyses appropriate to the sampling, of generating reports managers can use. More coordination is strongly encouraged, to reduce unnecessary variation and to facilitate comparisons across studies. While individual groups may still opt for different strategies, techniques for increasing the comparability of reported findings are discussed. This will increase the value of each study, individually, as well as the value of the collective effort. © 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd APPROPRIATENESS OF HOSPITAL USE: THE EUROPEAN BIOMED PROJECT nationallicence Utilization review nationallicence probability sampling nationallicence appropriateness nationallicence International Journal for Quality in Health Care Oxford University Press 7/3(1995-09), 245-252 1353-4505 7:3<245 1995 7 intqhc https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/7.3.245 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/7.3.245 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- ASH ARLENE Associate Research Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal for Quality in Health Care Oxford University Press 7/3(1995-09), 245-252 1353-4505 7:3<245 1995 7 intqhc Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford