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- Title
Buying healthcare quality with grants and donations.
- Authors
Rosenman, Robert; Tong Li; Li, Tong
- Abstract
We find that grants and contracts increase California healthcare clinics' average costs, but donations do not. We interpret these results as meaning that grants and contracts change the nature of the product while donations are used to increase output without changing the product. One possible scenario is that grants and contracts are targeted money used to enhance quality. A theoretical analysis shows that quality is enhanced more if grants and contracts are used to reward quality rather than as seed money to create quality. The empirical evidence, however, is that grantors are motivated by the second reason.
- Subjects
MEDICAL care; PUBLIC health; GRANTS in aid (Public finance); INTERNATIONAL economic assistance; CONTRACTS; HEALTH
- Publication
Health Care Management Science, 2002, Vol 5, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
1386-9620
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1013296902009