The effects of hospital competition on inpatient quality of care

Inquiry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-279

  Mutter, Ryan L ^a   Wong, Herbert S ^a   Goldfarb, Marsha G ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPETITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 56749184015     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_45.03.263     Document Type: Article

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