A Regional Supply and Demand Model for Inpatient Hospital Care

Jacob Bikker () and A F de Vos
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A F de Vos: Department of Econometrics, Faculty of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Environment and Planning A, 1992, vol. 24, issue 8, 1097-1116

Abstract: In this paper a regional supply and demand model for hospital admissions is developed which can be used for policymaking and planning purposes. It incorporates spatial factors such as travel-time costs into a model of market equilibrium in which waiting time acts implicitly as the equilibrating device. By distinguishing travel-time costs or distances it is shown that both supply and demand within local markets strongly influence admissions in a way which cannot be observed on aggregated levels: the tension between supply and demand is cushioned by a strong redistribution of patients. The model encompasses several well-known models for patient flows and hospital utilization originating in regional economics.

Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.1068/a241097

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