Does certificate of need affect cardiac outcomes and costs?

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 300-324

  Ho, Vivian ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Certificate of need; Costs; Outcomes assessment; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CERTIFICATE OF NEED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 33947312165     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-007-9008-9     Document Type: Article

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