The impact of hospital market structure on patient volume, average length of stay, and the cost of care

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1985, Pages 333-356

  Robinson, James C ^a   Luft, Harold S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MARKET; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS; INFLATION, ECONOMIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0022345522     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6296(85)90012-8     Document Type: Article

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