Start spreading the news: A structural estimate of the effects of New York hospital report cards

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1201-1207

  Dranove, David ^a   Sfekas, Andrew ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Report cards

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MODELING; RECORD;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; POPULATION MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DISCLOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NEGATIVISM; NEW YORK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 50249116122     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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