Imperfect information in a quality-competitive hospital market

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 524-535

  Gravelle, Hugh ^a   Sivey, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Hospitals; Information; Uncertain quality

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFORMATION; WELFARE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PROFIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 77954660841     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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