Hospital consolidation, competition, and quality: Is bigger necessarily better?

JAMA

Volumn 312, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-30

  Tsai, Thomas C ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903582111     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.4692     Document Type: Short Survey

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