Spending more through "cost control": Our obsessive quest to gut the hospital

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 156-160

  Reinhardt, Uwe E ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031178860     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6554(97)90021-X     Document Type: Article

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