Are Big Hospitals the Best Medicine

F. Patrick Hallagan

The American Economist, 1996, vol. 40, issue 1, 31-39

Abstract: Article empirically examines the question of the existence and magnitude of economies of scale in the provision of hospital services. A variety of econometric techniques are employed to statistically estimate structural and behavioral cost functions from disaggregated state data. Implications for antitrust policy are discussed.

Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1177/056943459604000105

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