Scale and scope economies among health maintenance organizations

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 657-684

  Wholey, Douglas ^a   Feldman, Roger ^b   Christianson, Jon B ^b   Engberg, John ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; costs; efficiency; health maintenance organization; market structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MARKETING;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEES, MEDICAL; GROUP PRACTICE, PREPAID; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATIONS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030469097     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00499-7     Document Type: Article

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