Competition under fixed prices: Effects on patient selection and service strategies by hemodialysis providers

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 330-349

  Farley, Donna O ^a  

^a RAND

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEES, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030239654     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107755879605300307     Document Type: Article

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