Managed care and the scale efficiency of US hospitals

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 278-289

  Brown III, H Shelton ^a   Pagán, José A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Managed care; Scale efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947305950     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-006-9005-4     Document Type: Article

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