Does hospital competition improve health care delivery in China?

China Economic Review

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 179-199

  Pan, Jay ^a   Qin, Xuezheng ^b   Li, Qian ^a   Messina, Joseph P ^c   Delamater, Paul L ^d  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Health care cost; Health care quality; Hospital competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923006971     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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