Prospective payments and hospital efficiency

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 791-809

  Bradford, W David ^a   Craycraft, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital efficiency; Medicare; Prospective Payment System

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041110658     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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