The Effect of Reimbursement on the Intensity of Hospital Services

We examine how hospital treatment intensity is affected by an exogenous change in average reimbursement for an admission. Theory predicts that treatment intensity would be most affected for highly profitable services but unaffected for unprofitable services. We use Medicare inpatient data from 11 st...

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Veröffentlicht in:Southern Economic Journal. - Southern Economic Association. - 73(2007), 3, Seite 575-587
1. Verfasser: Lindrooth, Richard C. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bazzoli, Gloria J., Clement, Jan
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Southern Economic Journal
Schlagworte:I11 I18 L3 Health sciences Business Economics Mathematics Arts