## Abstract Managed care health insurers in the USA restrict their enrollees' choice of hospitals to within specific networks. This paper considers the implications of these restrictions. A threeβstep econometric model is used to predict consumer preferences over health plans conditional on the hos
The effect of managed care on hospital marketing orientation
β Scribed by Patricia Loubeau; Robert Jantzen
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 77 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1083-0898
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