Do different measures of hospital competition matter in empirical investigations of hospital behavior?

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-87

  Wong, Herbert S ^a   Zhan, Chunliu ^a   Mutter, Ryan ^a,b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital competition measures; Hospital markets

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); HOSPITAL SECTOR; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 14044267437     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-004-6067-7     Document Type: Article

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