Hospital choice by rural medicare beneficiaries: Does hospital ownership matter? - A colorado case

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 346-365

  Roh, Chul Young ^a   Lee, Keon Hyung ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; RACE; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33645403662     PISSN: 10793739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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