Hospital transaction prices and managed-care discounting for selected medical technologies

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 352-356

  Dor, Avi ^a,b   Grossman, Michael ^b,c   Koroukian, Siran M ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY DISEASE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT CARE; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; EPISODE OF CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043169146     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041301786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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