Does advanced medical technology encourage hospitalist use and their direct employment by hospitals?

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-247

  David, Guy ^a   Helmchen, Lorens A ^b   Henderson, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced medical technologies; Certificate of need regulation; Employment contracts; Hospitalists; Utilization management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SAMPLING ERROR; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOSURGERY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CAUSALITY; CERTIFICATE OF NEED; CONTRACT SERVICES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TECHNOLOGY, HIGH-COST; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 60749110350     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1360     Document Type: Article

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