Information problems in health care and the multifaceted nature of hospital quality complicate hospital choice. Online … about a hospital's quality of care, and given their increasing popularity, these measures may affect hospital choice and may … have implications for hospital prices. Using the universe of hospital Yelp reviews and inpatient claims data for elective …

Amenities such as good food, attentive staff, and pleasant surroundings may play an important role in hospital demand … patient perspective, hospital quality therefore embodies amenities as well as clinical quality. We also find that a one …-standard-deviation increase in amenities raises a hospital's demand by 38.4% on average, whereas demand is substantially less responsive to …

Amenities such as good food, attentive staff, and pleasant surroundings may play an important role in hospital demand … patient perspective, hospital quality therefore embodies amenities as well as clinical quality. We also find that a one …-standard-deviation increase in amenities raises a hospital's demand by 38.4% on average, whereas demand is substantially less responsive to …