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- Title
Competition, Payers, and Hospital Quality.
- Authors
Gowrisankaran, Gautam; Town, Robert J.
- Abstract
Determines the effects of competition for both Medicare and patients enrolled in health maintenance organizations on the quality decisions of hospitals in Southern California. Analysis of secondary discharge data from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for the State of California; Formulation of competition measures; Increase in the degree of competition associated with hospital mortality rates.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; UNITED States; HOSPITAL care; MEDICAL care; HEALTH maintenance organization patients; HEALTH insurance; MORTALITY
- Publication
Health Services Research, 2003, Vol 38, Issue 6p1, p1403
- ISSN
0017-9124
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-6773.2003.00185.x