Can cost shifting continue in a price competitive environment?

Health Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-226

  Zwanziger, Jack ^b,c   Melnick, Glenn A ^a,b   Bamezai, Anil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Hospital cost shifting; Medicaid; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034020923     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(200004)9:3<211::AID-HEC508>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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