The Effectiveness of a Regulatory Strategy in Containing Hospital Costs
- 21 July 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 309 (3) , 151-159
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198307213090306
Abstract
This study documents the increases in real inputs (e.g., labor and equipment) employed in Ontario's hospital sector between 1968 and 1981—a period of universal government-financed hospital insurance and a government regulatory strategy involving global budgeting.Keywords
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