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Table 5 Parameter estimates (betas) for effects of duplicated and differentiated services on hospital performance (n = 11,264)

From: Strategic management in local hospital markets: service duplication or service differentiation

 

Market share

Return on assets

Cost per discharge

Hypothesized

Actual

Hypothesized

Actual

Hypothesized

Actual

Duplicated services

–

− 0.286 c

–

− 0.041 c

+

0.067 c

Differentiated services

+

−0.10 c

+

−0.034 c

–

0.236 c

  1. c Significant at the .001 level