Quality-of-care factors that differentiate hospitals in the Northeast vs. other regions

Project Details

Term: 

2008

Students: 

Kenyon Crowley, Selim Geron, Shih-Heng Hung, Seth Kelly, Liz Slobasky

University: 

UMD

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The goal of this analysis is to look at the characteristics of U.S. hospitals to see if hospitals in certain geographical regions shared common features, particularly in the Northeast versus other areas of the country. The data used were taken from the HIMSS Analytics Database, which comprises data from over 5,000 hospitals. Specifically, we focused on variables relating to finances, quality of care and service metrics, and types of technology used by the facility.

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