Managed care, vertical integration strategies and hospital performance

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-191

  Wang, Bill Binglong ^a   Wan, Thomas T H ^b   Clement, Jan ^b   Begun, James ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital performance; Managed care; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035463803     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011492731396     Document Type: Article

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