Managing care, incentives, and information: An exploratory look inside the 'black box' of hospital efficiency

Health Services Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-260

  Conrad, Douglas ^a   Wickizer, Thomas ^a   Maynard, Charles ^a   Klastorin, Theodore ^a   Lessler, Daniel ^a   Ross, Austin ^a   Soderstrom, Naomi ^a   Sullivan, Sean ^a   Alexander, Jeffrey ^a   Travis, Karen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

care coordination; care management; Managed care; payment incentives; resource use; scope of services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL FEE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 9444225524     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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