Contractual choice in the managed health care market an empirical analysis

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 579-588

  Csaba, Ivan ^a   Fenn, Paul ^b  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contracts; Managed health care; Supply assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MANAGED CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONTRACT SERVICES; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0031451999     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00533-4     Document Type: Article

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