TY  - BOOK
AU  - Santerre,Rexford E.
AU  - Vernon,John A.
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - Hospital Ownership Mix Efficiency in the US: An Exploratory Study 
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
N1  - March 2005; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - This paper offers an empirical test of ownership mix efficiency in the U.S. hospital services industry. The test compares the benefits of quality assurance with the costs from the attenuation of property rights that result from an increased presence of nonprofit organizations. The empirical results suggest that too many not-for-profit and public hospitals may exist in the typical market area of the U.S. The policy implication is that more quality of care per dollar might be obtained by attracting a greater percentage of for-profit hospitals into some market areas. This conclusion, however, is tempered with several caveats. We discuss these and also make recommendations for further research
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w11192
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w11192
ER  -