Changes in hospital service mix and cost allocations in response to changes in Medicare reimbursement schemes

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-51

  Eldenburg, Leslie ^a   Kallapur, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cost allocation; Patient mix; Reimbursement schemes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031142037     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(96)00447-8     Document Type: Article

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