What determines the patients’ demand for hospital care services?
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Background Hospitals are constantly being challenged to provide high-quality care despite ageing populations, diminishing resources, and budgetary restraints. While the costs of care depend on the patients’ needs, it is not clear which patient characteristics are associated with the demand for care and inherent costs. Therefore, a practical explanatory model would avail healthcare professionals and managers in determining the demand and costs for clinical care. We performed three studies to generate a valid model.
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