Prison health care: Is contracting out healthy?

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1248-1260

  Bedard, Kelly ^a   Frech III, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracts; Managed care; Mortality; Outcomes; Prison health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRACT; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CONTRACTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRISONERS; PRISONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350776992     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1427     Document Type: Article

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