Global budgets and excess demand for hospital care

Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-196

  Feldman, Roger ^a   Lobo, Felix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global budgets; Hospital care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BUDGETS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0030990427     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199703)6:2<187::AID-HEC259>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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