The welfare loss from hospital cost-shif
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Rexford E. Santerre
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Cost shifting occurs when changes in administered prices of one payer lead to compensating changes in prices charged to other payers. Microeconomic theory suggests that cost shifting can take place under limited conditions and some empirical studies indicate that that hospital cost shif