Update conference report: Specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and general hospitals: Charting a wise public policy course - How can we bring about a more efficient system without hurting a group of people who are already badly hurt?

Health Affairs

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 868-873

  Shactman, David ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLICY;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; PUBLIC POLICY; SURGICENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20044388779     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.24.3.868     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. The number of specialty hospitals increased from 29 to 100, and there are 26 under development. U.S. Government Accountability Office, Specialty Hospital: Information on National Market Share, Physician Ownership, and Patients Served, Pub. no. GAO-03-683R (Washington: GAO, 18 April 2003);
2. and GAO, Specialty Hospital: Geographic Location, Services Provided, and Financial Performance, Pub. no. GAO-04-167 (Washington: GAO, October 2003).
3. The number of ASCs increased from 1,460 to 3,371. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Report to the Congress (Washington: MedPAC, March 2003).
4. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Report to the Congress: Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals (Washington: MedPAC, March 2005).
5. See, for example, C.E. Phelps, "Induced Demand - Can We Ever Know Its Extent?" Journal of Health Economics 5, no. 4 (1986): 355-365;
6. and V.R. Fuchs, "The Supply of Surgeons and the Demand for Operations," Journal of Human Resources 13 Supp. (1978): 35-36.
7. Findings are from J. Pettengill and A. Winter, "Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals" (Presentation to MedPAC, 12 January 2005).