Trends In Hospital Consolidation: The Formation Of Local Systems

作者: Alison Evans Cuellar , Paul J. Gertler

DOI: 10.1377/HLTHAFF.22.6.77

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摘要: … of concentrated markets find that hospital prices are higher in concentrated areas. However, concentration often is measured by treating hospitals as solo entities, not as local systems. …

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