Does more choice reduce waiting times?

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-23

  Siciliani, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Duopoly; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 12344271994     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.888     Document Type: Article

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