Consumer information and competition between nonprofit and for-profit nursing homes

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-240

  Hirth, Richard A ^a  

^a Dept Econ Dept Int Med U ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Consumer information; Nonprofit nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LONG TERM CARE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME;

BENCHMARKING; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION SERVICES; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OWNERSHIP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032893777     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(98)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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