Do HMO penetration and hospital competition impact quality of hospital care?

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 237-248

  Rivers, Patrick A ^a   Fottler, Myron D ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8844240747     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0951484042317741     Document Type: Article

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