Financial Pressure and Competition: Changes in Hospital Efficiency and Cost-Shifting Behavior

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-219

  Hadley, Jack ^a,d   Zuckerman, Stephen ^b   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Efficiency; Hospital costs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL COST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

COST ALLOCATION; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030096834     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199603000-00002     Document Type: Article

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