Mandatory insurance coverage and hospital productivity in Massachusetts: Bending the curve?

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 294-300

  Thompson, Mark A ^a   Huerta, Timothy R ^b   Ford, Eric W ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

data envelopment analysis; efficiency; health policy; hospitals; insurance coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS;

EID: 84866459616     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e318242d0ba     Document Type: Article

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