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Wennberg JE, Cooper MMA, editors. The Quality of Medical Care in the United States: A Report on the Medicare Program: The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 1999: The Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences [Internet]. Chicago (IL): American Hospital Publishing, Inc.; 1999 Apr.

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The Quality of Medical Care in the United States: A Report on the Medicare Program: The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 1999: The Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences [Internet].

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Figure 3.6a.. Average Hospital Days Stratified by Self-Reported Health (1993).

Figure 3.6a.Average Hospital Days Stratified by Self-Reported Health (1993)

The average number of hospital days corresponds to Medicare enrollees’ self-reported health status; enrollees who report themselves to have better health status use fewer days of hospital care.

From: Chapter Three, Variations, Patient Need, Practice Style and Hospital Capacity

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