Patient hospital choice for hip replacement: empirical evidence from the Netherlands

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 927-936

  Beukers, Puck D C ^a   Kemp, Ron G M ^b,c   Varkevisser, Marco ^d  

^a Performation Healthcare Intelligence BV   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospital demand; Patient choice; Quality information; Time variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885985188     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-013-0535-7     Document Type: Article

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