The impact of hospital financing on the length of stay: Evidence from Austria

Health Policy

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-389

  Theurl, Engelbert ^a   Winner, Hannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hospital financing; Hospital length of stay; Panel data econometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICS;

AUSTRIA; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 34250754827     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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