2. Alternative Funding Policies for the Uninsured: Exploring the Value of Hospital Tax Exemption

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-212

  Kane, Nancy M ^a   Wubbenhorst, William H ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PATIENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAX; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; TAX EXEMPTION; UNCOMPENSATED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033648572     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00168     Document Type: Article

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