financial health affect different aspects of hospital operation. In our study, we analyze this issue focusing on hospital access … and quality by introducing an important aspect of the financial incentives, soft budget constraints (SBC), that takes into … account both hospital's current and past financial health as well as their expected financial outlook (i.e., whether there is …

Does quality of care systematically differ among government-owned, private not-for-profit, and for-profit hospitals? A …

results in the hospital ownership literature can be explained largely by differences in authors' underlying theoretical … combined estimates across studies suggest little difference in cost among all three types of hospital ownership, and that for …

infarction. Data sources include 100% Medicare Provider Analysis and Review, AHA hospital annual surveys, Medicare hospital cost …