How does the price regulation policy impact on patient-nurse ratios and the length of hospital stays in Japanese hospitals?

Asian Economic Policy Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 301-323

  Noguchi, Haruko ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fee for service (FFS) system; Kernel propensity score matching difference in difference estimation; Length of hospital stay; Natural experiment; Patient nurse ratio; Price regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934283105     PISSN: 18328105     EISSN: 17483131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aepr.12109     Document Type: Article

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