How vertical integration affects the quantity and cost of care for Medicare beneficiaries

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2017, Pages 19-32

  Koch, Thomas G ^a   Wendling, Brett W ^a   Wilson, Nathan E ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Mergers; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MERGER; SERVICE SECTOR; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011715908     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.12.007     Document Type: Article

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