Rural hospital ownership: Medical service provision, market mix, and spillover effects

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1452-1472

  Horwitz, Jill R ^a   Nichols, Austin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

for profit; hospital markets; Hospitals; nonprofit; rural health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; OWNERSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052520097     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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