Hospital ownership and cost and quality of care: Is there a dime's worth of difference?

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Abstract

Nonprofit organizations may predominate when output quality is difficult to monitor. Hospital care has this characteristic. This study compared program cost and quality of care for Medicare patients hospitalized following onset of four common conditions by hospital ownership. Payments on behalf of Medicare patients admitted to for-profit hospitals during the first 6 months following a health shock were higher than for those admitted to other hospitals. With quality measured in terms of survival, changes in functional and cognitive status, and living arrangements, we found no differences in outcomes by hospital ownership. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.

Identifier

0035216265 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Health Economics

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00066-7

ISSN

01676296

PubMed ID

11148866

First Page

1

Last Page

21

Issue

1

Volume

20

Grant

2RO1-AG-09468-04A1

Fund Ref

National Institute on Aging

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