J F Burgess

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Publications

  1. ncbi Medical profiling: improving standards and risk adjustments using hierarchical models
    J F Burgess
    Management Science Group, Department of Veterans Affairs, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
    J Health Econ 19:291-309. 2000
  2. ncbi The effect of network arrangements on hospital pricing behavior
    James F Burgess
    Department of Health Services, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Talbot 3 West, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    J Health Econ 24:391-405. 2005
  3. ncbi Importance of health system context for evaluating utilization patterns across systems
    James F Burgess
    Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA, USA
    Health Econ 20:239-51. 2011
  4. ncbi On measuring the hospital cost/quality trade-off
    K Carey
    US Department of Veterans Affairs Management Science Group, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
    Health Econ 8:509-20. 1999
  5. ncbi The financial experience of hospitals with HMO contracts: evidence from Florida
    Gary J Young
    Management Decision and Research Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston University School of Public Health, MA, USA
    Inquiry 39:67-75. 2002
  6. ncbi Specialty and full-service hospitals: a comparative cost analysis
    Kathleen Carey
    VA Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research and Boston University School of Public Health, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
    Health Serv Res 43:1869-87. 2008
  7. ncbi Performance-based budgeting in the public sector: an illustration from the VA health care system
    Suthathip Yaisawarng
    Department of Economics, Union College, NY 12308, USA
    Health Econ 15:295-310. 2006

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Publications7

  1. ncbi Medical profiling: improving standards and risk adjustments using hierarchical models
    J F Burgess
    Management Science Group, Department of Veterans Affairs, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
    J Health Econ 19:291-309. 2000
    ..These methods determine probabilities needed to make meaningful profiles of medical units based on standards set by all appropriate parties...
  2. ncbi The effect of network arrangements on hospital pricing behavior
    James F Burgess
    Department of Health Services, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Talbot 3 West, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    J Health Econ 24:391-405. 2005
    ..However, this result appears to be generated primarily by system-owned hospitals that form networks to provide particular services jointly...
  3. ncbi Importance of health system context for evaluating utilization patterns across systems
    James F Burgess
    Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston, MA, USA
    Health Econ 20:239-51. 2011
    ..Understanding the context of a particular health system and its effect on the DGP is important in conducting effective valid evaluations...
  4. ncbi On measuring the hospital cost/quality trade-off
    K Carey
    US Department of Veterans Affairs Management Science Group, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
    Health Econ 8:509-20. 1999
    ..The results of this paper underscore a number of practical difficulties and challenges facing government or other systems in evaluating the relative performance of their hospitals...
  5. ncbi The financial experience of hospitals with HMO contracts: evidence from Florida
    Gary J Young
    Management Decision and Research Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston University School of Public Health, MA, USA
    Inquiry 39:67-75. 2002
    ..The continued growth of HMOs and other managed care entities may have important implications for the future financial viability of U.S. hospitals...
  6. ncbi Specialty and full-service hospitals: a comparative cost analysis
    Kathleen Carey
    VA Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research and Boston University School of Public Health, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
    Health Serv Res 43:1869-87. 2008
    ..To compare the costs of physician-owned cardiac, orthopedic, and surgical single specialty hospitals with those of full-service hospital competitors...
  7. ncbi Performance-based budgeting in the public sector: an illustration from the VA health care system
    Suthathip Yaisawarng
    Department of Economics, Union College, NY 12308, USA
    Health Econ 15:295-310. 2006
    ..The paper also provides recommendations to improve the efficiency of delivering health care services applicable to public sector organizations...