Figure 1
From: Functional mapping of hospitals by diagnosis-dominant case-mix analysis
Rarity and complexity indices for health care providers in Japan. Mean rarity index, mean complexity index, and relative healthcare expenditures for patients who received ambulatory care and inpatient care at major teaching hospitals (MTH), other teaching hospitals (OTH), other public hospitals (OPH), large private hospitals (LPH), small private hospitals (SPH) and clinics (C). The mean rarity index and mean complexity index per institution are shown. The size of the circle represents the relative healthcare expenditure as determined from the Survey of National Medical Care Insurance Services at 2002.