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Hospital Cost Analysis
J.R. Butler
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Description for Hospital Cost Analysis
paperback. Series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 415 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCH; KCP; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 667.
Hospital Cost Analysis provides an overview of theoretical developments in the economic analysis of production and costs in the multiproduct firm, and discusses these developments. Following a lucid explanation of the concepts of jointness, input/output separability and returns to scale, a detailed discussion of the concept measurement and classification of hospital output is provided. A fundamental dilemma confronting economists interested in estimating hospital cost functions is highlighted, viz. the trade-off between flexibility in functional form and homogeneity within hospital output categories. Empirical results on the effects of case mix, scale ... Read more
Hospital Cost Analysis provides an overview of theoretical developments in the economic analysis of production and costs in the multiproduct firm, and discusses these developments. Following a lucid explanation of the concepts of jointness, input/output separability and returns to scale, a detailed discussion of the concept measurement and classification of hospital output is provided. A fundamental dilemma confronting economists interested in estimating hospital cost functions is highlighted, viz. the trade-off between flexibility in functional form and homogeneity within hospital output categories. Empirical results on the effects of case mix, scale ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
Series
Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy
Number of Pages
393
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401040808
SKU
V9789401040808
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Ref
99-15
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