We analyze the 2008 National Inpatient Sample of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. We find that small hospitals experience productivity losses from the joint production of minor and major diagnostic procedures.
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Nuclear Medicine Production and Delivery
Radioisotope F-18, used for diagnosing and monitoring many types of cancers, requires careful coordination of production and delivery. The method we develop shows improvement in terms of both time and cost.