The effects of hospital competition and the Medicare PPS program on hospital cost behavior in California

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 301-320

  Zwanziger, Jack ^a   Melnick, Glenn A ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOSPITAL; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

CALIFORNIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; MEDICARE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0024213756     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6296(88)90018-5     Document Type: Article

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