Medicare and commercial inpatient resource use: impact of hospital competition.

Conclusion: Findings suggest that policies or incentives that promote or encourage competition in less competitive markets may reduce variation in resource use for both Medicare and private payers.
PMID: 23844753 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - July 16, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Henke RM, Maeda JL, Marder WD, Friedman BS, Wong HS Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research