Cost convergence between public and for-profit hospitals under prospective payment and high competition in Taiwan

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6 II, 2004, Pages 2101-2116

  Xirasagar, Sudha ^b   Lin, Herng Ching ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Cost convergence; Hospital ownership; Prospective payment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFIT; PROSTATECTOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; THYROIDECTOMY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 10044248338     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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