Becker's Healthcare January 30, 2025
Using a new index, hospital leaders who decide which procedures are offered by their organization can track how their choices affect patient access, according to findings published in Health Affairs Scholar.
The index was created by drawing from inpatient procedure volume data spanning 18 states, from 2016 to 2019, and more than 80,000 procedures. It also accounted for regional differences, including variations in disease and the access of medical procedures due to those variations, as well as hospital market share.
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s health economics institute created the tool. In its first use, the Procedure Access Inequality index identified access...