Corporate investors increased common ownership in hospitals and the postacute care and hospice sectors

Health Affairs

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1547-1555

  Fowler, Annabelle C ^a   Grabowski, David C ^b   Gambrel, Robert J ^c,d   Huskamp, Haiden A ^b   Stevenson, David G ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Intermedix   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITRUST LAW; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MARKET; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SUBACUTE CARE; TRENDS;

HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HOSPICES; HOSPITALS; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; OWNERSHIP; SUBACUTE CARE;

EID: 85028827206     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0591     Document Type: Article

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