Central hospitals with comprehensive care function. Analysis for data-based identification of central hospitals with comprehensive care function.

Based on our analysis, we identified hospitals within the group of central hospitals (K112) that differ in their patient and service structure from the other central hospitals and therefore incur additional costs due to performance-related factors, using only a few variables. The analysis process was carried out in two steps: First, variables that could define a hospital with comprehensive care function were selected based on expert input. Subsequently, the available variables were analysed using data-driven methods.