Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 202, Issue 4 , Pages 565-576, April 2006

Evaluating Individual Surgeons Based on Total Hospital Costs: Evidence for Variation in both Total Costs and Volatility of Costs

  • Bruce L. Hall, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
    • Center for Health Policy, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
    • John M Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Bruce L Hall, MD, Department of Surgery, Campus Box 8109, 660 South Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63110.
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  • Darrell A. Campbell Jr, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Michigan Surgical Collaborative for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (M-SCORE), Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor, MI
    • ,
  • Laurel R.S. Phillips, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Michigan Surgical Collaborative for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (M-SCORE), Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Barton H. Hamilton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • John M Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Received 15 December 2005; accepted 21 December 2005.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

PII: S1072-7515(05)01904-6

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.12.015

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 202, Issue 4 , Pages 565-576, April 2006

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