Specialty and full-service hospitals: A comparative cost analysis

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5 P2, 2008, Pages 1869-1887

  Carey, Kathleen ^a   Burgess Jr , James F ^a   Young, Gary J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Cost; Hospitals; Inefficiency; Specialty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; ORTHOPEDICS; OWNERSHIP; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TEXAS;

EID: 52149104458     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2008.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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