K Dalton

Summary

Affiliation: University of North Carolina
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Revisiting Rogowski and Newhouse on the indirect costs of teaching: a note on functional form and retransformation in Medicare's payment formulas
    K Dalton
    Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
    J Health Econ 19:1027-46. 2000
  2. ncbi Rural hospital wages and the area wage index
    Kathleen Dalton
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Airport Road Building, Campus Box 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
    Health Care Financ Rev 24:155-75. 2002
  3. ncbi Market entry and exit in long-term care: 1985-2000
    Kathleen Dalton
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Health Care Financ Rev 24:17-32. 2002
  4. ncbi Choosing to convert to critical access hospital status
    Kathleen Dalton
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Health Care Financ Rev 25:115-32. 2003
  5. ncbi A longitudinal study of the effects of graduate medical education on hospital operating costs
    K Dalton
    Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7590, USA
    Health Serv Res 35:1267-91. 2001
  6. ncbi The role of critical access hospital status in mitigating the effects of new prospective payment systems under Medicare
    K Dalton
    Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Airport Road, CB 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
    J Rural Health 16:357-70. 2000
  7. ncbi New policy ideas for rural health care delivery: presentations before a congressional committee
    Keith Mueller
    RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
    J Rural Health 18:278-80. 2002
  8. ncbi Distance to diagnosing provider as a measure of access for patients with melanoma
    Karyn B Stitzenberg
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3010 Old Clinic Bldg, CB 7213, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7213, USA
    Arch Dermatol 143:991-8. 2007
  9. ncbi Using propensity stratification to compare patient outcomes in hospital-based versus freestanding skilled-nursing facilities
    Sally C Stearns
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Med Care Res Rev 63:599-622. 2006

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Revisiting Rogowski and Newhouse on the indirect costs of teaching: a note on functional form and retransformation in Medicare's payment formulas
    K Dalton
    Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
    J Health Econ 19:1027-46. 2000
    ..We attribute the differences in our findings to secular changes in the hospital industry and improvements in variable measurement...
  2. ncbi Rural hospital wages and the area wage index
    Kathleen Dalton
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Airport Road Building, Campus Box 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
    Health Care Financ Rev 24:155-75. 2002
    ..Geographic reclassification decisions appear to eliminate one of the three. Remaining systematic within-market rural wage differences work to the reimbursement advantage of hospitals in the smaller and more isolated communities...
  3. ncbi Market entry and exit in long-term care: 1985-2000
    Kathleen Dalton
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Health Care Financ Rev 24:17-32. 2002
    ..County-level reduction in the number of SNFs was not associated with low income or other sociodemographic risk factors...
  4. ncbi Choosing to convert to critical access hospital status
    Kathleen Dalton
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Health Care Financ Rev 25:115-32. 2003
    ..The average case-mix adjusted Medicare cost per case was 16-percent higher for CAH converters than for other small hospitals and their financial ratios were substantially worse, although many other operating characteristics were similar...
  5. ncbi A longitudinal study of the effects of graduate medical education on hospital operating costs
    K Dalton
    Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7590, USA
    Health Serv Res 35:1267-91. 2001
    ..Cross-sectional findings suggest that re-estimations of the teaching effect may be appropriate when significant improvements occur in Medicare case-mix measurement...
  6. ncbi The role of critical access hospital status in mitigating the effects of new prospective payment systems under Medicare
    K Dalton
    Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Airport Road, CB 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
    J Rural Health 16:357-70. 2000
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  7. ncbi New policy ideas for rural health care delivery: presentations before a congressional committee
    Keith Mueller
    RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
    J Rural Health 18:278-80. 2002
  8. ncbi Distance to diagnosing provider as a measure of access for patients with melanoma
    Karyn B Stitzenberg
    Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3010 Old Clinic Bldg, CB 7213, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7213, USA
    Arch Dermatol 143:991-8. 2007
    ..To examine the effect of travel distance and other sociodemographic factors on access to a diagnosing provider for patients with melanoma...
  9. ncbi Using propensity stratification to compare patient outcomes in hospital-based versus freestanding skilled-nursing facilities
    Sally C Stearns
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Med Care Res Rev 63:599-622. 2006
    ..Remaining differences may be because of patterns of care or reflect residual bias from unobserved factors...