Do waiting times reduce hospital costs?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 771-780

  Siciliani, Luigi ^a,b   Stanciole, Anderson ^c   Jacobs, Rowena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Costs; Hospitals; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PANEL DATA;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; PATIENT CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; STATE MEDICINE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 70349260478     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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