Can Payers Use Prices to Improve Quality? Evidence from English Hospitals

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 56-70

  Allen, Thomas ^a   Fichera, Eleonora ^a   Sutton, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

financial incentives; prices; quality; unintended effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION;

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84954213902     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3121     Document Type: Article

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