Quality adjustment for health care spending on chronic disease: Evidence from diabetes treatment, 1999-2009

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 206-211

  Eggleston, Karen N ^a   Shah, Nilay D ^b   Smith, Steven A ^b   Berndt, Ernst R ^c   Newhouse, Joseph P ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79958284366     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.3.206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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