Strategic hospital alliances: Do the type and market structure of strategic hospital alliances matter?

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1013-1022

  Mccue, Michael J ^a   Clement, Jan P ^a   Luke, Roice D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Market concentration; Strategic hospital alliances

Indexed keywords

AGED; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATA COLLECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033208865     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199910000-00005     Document Type: Article

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