Does certificate of need really contain hospital costs in the United States?

Health Education Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-244

  Rivers, Patrick A ^a   Fottler, Myron D ^b   Younis, Mustafa Zeedan ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Certificate of need; Costs per adjusted admission; Hospital costs; Hospital markets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; MARKET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548019050     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896907080127     Document Type: Article

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