Hospital cost and efficiency: Do hospital size and ownership type really matter?

Journal of Healthcare Management

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-175

  Coyne, Joseph S ^a   Richards, Michael Thomas ^b   Short, Robert ^c   Shultz, Kim ^d   Singh, Sher G ^a,e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clinical and Operations Analysis   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Quorum Health Resources Region 3   (United States)

^e BEIJING CITY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; NURSING HOME; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949346905     PISSN: 10969012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115514-200905000-00005     Document Type: Article

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