Hospital volume responses to medicare's outpatient prospective payment system: Evidence from Florida

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 730-743

  He, Daifeng ^a   Mellor, Jennifer M ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand inducement; Medicare payment reform; Outpatient Prospective Payment System; Substitution; Volume response

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SUBSTITUTION;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL VOLUME; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIVATE FEE FOR SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864366489     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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