Updated Variable-Radius Measures of Hospital Competition

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 417-430

  Gresenz, Carole Roan ^a   Rogowski, Jeannette ^a   Escarce, José J ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Hospital market structure; Patient travel patterns

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPETITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POPULATION; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542405862     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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