Hospitals in California have argued that because of hospital competition and managed care, their costs have increased … selected years from 1986 through 1998, this study finds that the coefficients for Medi-Cal CMIs in the hospital inpatient … revenue model were greater than those in the hospital inpatient cost model until 1995. Since 1995, however, the coefficients …

efficient. The increased number of hospital mergers suggests that merging is a way to become more efficient to ensure long …

. This is the first time that such a broad study has been implemented. After adjusting for hospital characteristics …

zunehmende Patientenwanderung zwischen den ändern. Ein steigender Anteil von Patienten wählt zur Behandlung ein Krankenhaus …

This paper investigates whether increased corporate focus surrounding a spin-off is associated with abnormal short … focus-increasing and non-focus-increasing parent firms, we find evidence against the claims of the focus …-increasing hypothesis. Our results show that focus-increasing parent firms significantly underperformed when compared to their counterparts …

Theory of financial intermediation gives contradicting answers to the question whether banks should diversify or focus … point of view, the common practice to rely on measures of concentration only in the debate about diversification and focus …