Behavioral differences between public and private not-for-profit hospitals in the Italian National Health Service

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-96

  Barbetta, Gian Paolo ^a   Turati, Gilberto ^b   Zago, Angelo M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hospital behavior; Nonprofit organizations; Ownership forms; Payment systems; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; ITALY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 33846431626     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1143     Document Type: Article

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