The association of market competition with hospital charges, length of stay, and quality outcomes for patients with joint diseases: A longitudinal study in Korea

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 195-207

  Kim, Sun Jung ^a   Park, Eun Cheol ^a   Yoo, Ki Bong ^a   Kwon, Jeoung A ^a   Kim, Tae Hyun ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Herfindahl Hirschman Index; hospital; inpatient discharge; Korea; length of stay; market competition; mortality; readmission

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926378972     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539514529812     Document Type: Article

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