Payment source and the cost of hospital care: Evidence from a multiproduct cost function with multiple payers

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-21

  Dor, Avi ^a   Farley, Dean E ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HSS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

cost functions; cost shifting; hospitals; panel data estimators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST;

EID: 0029877441     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6296(95)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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