Hospital prices and market structure in the hospital and insurance industries

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-479

  Moriya, Asako S ^a   Vogt, William B ^b,c   Gaynor, Martin ^a,b,c,d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMMERCE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INSURANCE CARRIERS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79451476121     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133110000083     Document Type: Article

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