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- Title
EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND HOSPITAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
- Authors
Anderson, Gerard; Erickson, Jane; Feigenbaum, Susan
- Abstract
Abstract--Recent hospital payment initiatives necessitate a precise estimate of the relationship between hospital capital expenditures and operating costs. Most previous estimates have ignored the possibility that capital and operating costs may be determined simultaneously and that the impact may occur over several years. We estimate several models and show that previous estimates are based upon a specific set of assumptions which should be examined carefully. Our preferred specification estimates a much lower effect of capital expenditures on operating costs than previous models.
- Subjects
CAPITAL investments; HOSPITAL costs; HOSPITALS; PUBLIC spending; PAYMENT; COST; ESTIMATES; OPERATING costs
- Publication
Review of Economics & Statistics, 1987, Vol 69, Issue 4, p709
- ISSN
0034-6535
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.2307/1935967