Strategies to enhance price and quality competition in health care: Lessons learned from tracking local markets

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 557-567

  Lesser, Cara S ^a   Ginsburg, Paul B ^a  

^a CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONSUMER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; POLITICS; REVIEW;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEES AND CHARGES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745715070     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2005-006     Document Type: Review

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