Single Specialty Hospitals and Service Competition

• Main Authors: Kathleen Carey (Author), James F. Burgess (Author), Gary J. Young (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: SAGE Publishing, 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Advocates for physician-owned hospitals specializing in cardiac, orthopedic, and surgical services claim that these facilities induce healthy competition, stimulating improved performance among acute care hospitals. This paper examines the effect of specialty hospital entry on one indicator of compe...