Ambulatory surgery center and general hospital competition: Entry decisions and strategic choices

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-234

  Al Amin, Mona ^a   Housman, Michael ^b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory surgery centers; competition; hospitals; niche overlap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SURGICENTERS;

EID: 84862293034     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e318235ed31     Document Type: Review

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