Why Health Costs Spiral : The Case of Emergency Department Regulation

In this paper, we analyze the effect of hospital emergency department regulations on overall health costs using microeconomic tools of analysis. We find that regulations that have price ceiling effects create an upward pressure on prices in other areas of the health care market as hospitals and health care providers seek to compensate for their losses in emergency department operation

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Westley, Christopher ; Boozer, Ben
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Description of contents:	Abstract [papers.ssrn.com]

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 6-15, Summer 2006 Volltext nicht verfügbar
Classification:	I10 - Health. General ; I11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets ; I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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