Public Reporting and Demand Rationing: Evidence from the Nursing Home Industry

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1437-1451

  He, Daifeng ^a   Konetzka, R Tamara ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative pricing; capacity constraints; demand rationing; Nursing Home Compare; nursing home industry; public reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC REPORTING; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAID; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943185836     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3097     Document Type: Article

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