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Chapter 7
words- access* ) OR "hospital admission" OR "patient admission" OR afford* OR "health care -within 3 words-
Limit to Journal, Article, English
Search string: EconLit & SocINDEX
Search Terms (AB "private w/2 hospital" OR AB (       Search Options
 delivery" OR "health care utilization" OR "health care availability" AND NOT "job satisfaction" And no Keywords "Medicare"
           privatization AND hospital ) OR AB "hospital ownership" OR AB "for profit hospitals" OR AB "public private w/3 hospital" OR AB "PPP w/3 hospital") OR
(SU ( "private w/2 hospital" OR ( privatization AND hospital ) OR "hospital ownership" OR "for profit hospitals" OR "public private w/3 hospital" OR AB"PPP
 Published Date: 20000101-20151231 Source types
Academic Journals and English
          TS=(privatization AND hospital) OR TS="hospital ownership" OR
TS="for profit hospital" OR
TS="non profit hospital" OR TS=("public private" AND hospital) OR TS=(PPP AND hospital))
 AND LANGUAGE: (English) AND DOCUMENT
 Timespan=2000-2017
     w/3 hospital" )
Search string: Web of Science TS="private hospital" OR
TYPES: (Article)
Component Ratings of Study:
Strong=3 / Modest=2/ Weak=1
A) DESIGN
Outcome of interest as main (3) or control variable (2/1)? Cross-sectional (2/1) or longitudinal (3)
Indexes=SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, ESCI
Score                           Justification/ Comments
Table 7.8: Quality Appraisal form
                                                                                                            characteristics are of the sample (i.e. summary statistics and sample
                                                                      confounders, but explicitly mentions that it missed some relevant
          Prospective (3) or retrospective (2/1)
Is the method of analysis appropriate? (Strong, modest, weak)
Is the method of analysis sufficiently rigorous? (Strong, modest, weak) B) Quality of reporting
Enough data have been presented to show how the authors arrived at their findings (Strong, Modest, Weak)
Enough information is given what the methodological design is? (Strong, Modest, Weak)
Enough information is given where the data comes from and what the
sizes). (Strong, Modest, Weak)
C) Selection bias
Strong: The selected individuals/hospitals are very likely to be representative of the target population
Moderate: The selected individuals/hospitals are at least somewhat likely to be representative of the target population
Weak: The selected individuals/hospitals are not likely to be representative of the target population
D) Confounders (i.e. region, demographics)
Strong: will be assigned to those articles that controlled for most relevant confounders
Moderate: will be given to those studies that controlled for relevant
confounders
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