Assessing hospital competition when prices don't matter to patients: The use of time-elasticities

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-60

  Varkevisser, Marco ^a   van der Geest, Stéphanie A ^a   Schut, Frederik T ^a  

^a Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health care reform; Hospital competition; Patient choice; Time elasticities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REIMBURSEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAVEL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 75749127449     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-009-9070-6     Document Type: Article

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