Money illusion among health care providers: Should we adjust for inflation in analyses of provider behavior?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 395-405

  Mayer, Michelle L ^a   Rozier, R Gary ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Inflation; Medicaid; Money illusion; Provider behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MONEY;

ECONOMICS, DENTAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFLATION, ECONOMIC; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034256924     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00472-4     Document Type: Article

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