Abstract
This report summarizes briefly three of the analyses of variations made by the Chicago Regional Hospital Study in order to reduce a large number of demographic and ecologic variables to a small number of controlling variables. The correlations determined are intended to be used in the construction of a descriptive simulation model, from which can be generated a predictive model and, eventually, a prescriptive model capable of testing alternative future plans for the hospitals of the region.
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