Hospital Preparedness and Health Outcomes Variation in reported mortality measures during the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that some U.S. hospitals were better prepared to deal with the influx of patients and medical uncertainty than others. However, observational comparisons do not account for the unobserved severity of patients seen at a given hospital, which is a function of hospital quality and patient’s choice of hospital taken together. Read more Theme Lead Image Mary Frances O'Connor Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology mfoconnor@arizona.edu Image Sudha Ram Professor, Management Information Systems sram@arizona.edu Theme Collaborators Image Keith Joiner Professor, Medicine kjoiner@medadmin.arizona.edu Image Kelli Marquardt Graduate Research Assistant, Eller College of Management marquardtk@arizona.edu Image Mark Nichter Regents' Professor, Anthropology mnichter@arizona.edu Image Jane Zavisca Associate Professor, Sociology janez@arizona.edu
Hospital Preparedness and Health Outcomes Variation in reported mortality measures during the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that some U.S. hospitals were better prepared to deal with the influx of patients and medical uncertainty than others. However, observational comparisons do not account for the unobserved severity of patients seen at a given hospital, which is a function of hospital quality and patient’s choice of hospital taken together. Read more
Image Kelli Marquardt Graduate Research Assistant, Eller College of Management marquardtk@arizona.edu
