Does higher hospital cost imply higher quality of care?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Picone, Gabriel A ^a   Sloan, Frank A ^b   Chou, Shin Yi ^d   Taylor Jr , Donald H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0037321522     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465303762687703     Document Type: Review

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