Supplier discretion over provision: Theory and an application to medical care

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 412-432

  Malcomson, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REIMBURSEMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICARE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28444459520     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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