Association between market concentration of hospitals and patient health gain following hip replacement surgery

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-17

  Feng, Yan ^a   Pistollato, Michele ^a   Charlesworth, Anita ^b   Devlin, Nancy ^a   Propper, Carol ^c,d   Sussex, Jon ^a  

^a Office of Health Economics   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip replacement surgery; Hospital market concentration; Patient reported outcome measures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH GAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; OXFORD HIP SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIP REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927717769     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: 17581060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1355819614546032     Document Type: Article

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