Managed Care and Hospital Cost Containment

This study assesses the ability of managed care to contain hospital costs since the managed care backlash, using data from California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for all acute-care hospitals in the state for the period 1991–2001. The analysis employs a long-differences...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: R. Tamara Konetzka, Jingsan Zhu, Julie Sochalski, Kevin G. Volpp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-02-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_45.01.98