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Deflating Hospital Economics

American Pharmacy, 1978
Abstract John Kenneth Galbraith and Charles L. Schultze grapple with a compelling issue in global terms.
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The Economics of Specialty Hospitals

Medical Care Research and Review, 2008
Specialty hospitals, particularly those specializing in surgery and owned by physicians, have generated a relatively high degree of policy attention over the past several years. The main focus of policy debates has been in two areas: the extent to which specialty hospitals might compete unfairly with incumbent general hospitals and the extent to which
John E, Schneider, Thomas R, Miller, Robert L, Ohsfeldt, Michael A, Morrisey, Bennet A, Zelner, , Pengxiang Li   +5 more
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Hospital closure and economic efficiency

Journal of Health Economics, 2010
We present a new framework for assessing the effects of hospital closures on social welfare and the local economy. While patient welfare necessarily declines when patients lose access to a hospital, closures also tend to reduce costs. We study five hospital closures in two states and find that urban hospital bailouts reduce aggregate social welfare: on
Cory, Capps, David, Dranove, Richard C, Lindrooth   +2 more
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The Economics of Hospitals

2019
The hospital is an economic unit and an open system, and it is in a continuous interdependent relationship both with its internal and external environment. The main purpose of the hospital is to produce services at the lowest possible cost. In order for the hospital to realize its purpose, the hospitals’ management needs to make decisions related to ...
Michael Chletsos, Anna Saiti
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Hospital Economics

Public Health Economics, 1944
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