Utilization changes following market entry by physician-owned specialty hospitals

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-415

  Mitchell, Jean M ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician self referral; Specialty hospitals; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROL GROUP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PHYSICIAN; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

AGED; ARIZONA; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; KANSAS; MEDICARE; NEW ENGLAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OKLAHOMA; ORTHOPEDICS; OWNERSHIP; POLICY MAKING; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SOUTH DAKOTA; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 34447514385     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558707301953     Document Type: Article

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