Hospital Cost Analysis provides an overview of theoretical
developments in the economic analysis of production and costs in
the multiproduct firm, and discusses these developments. Following
a lucid explanation of the concepts of jointness, input/output
separability and returns to scale, a detailed discussion of the
concept measurement and classification of hospital output is
provided. A fundamental dilemma confronting economists interested
in estimating hospital cost functions is highlighted, viz. the
trade-off between flexibility in functional form and homogeneity
within hospital output categories. Empirical results on the effects
of case mix, scale and utilisation, public/private ownership, and
the centralised administration of hospital systems on hospital
costs are presented. The implications of hospital cost analysis for
public policy with respect to hospital payment schemes, including
schemes based on Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs), are also
considered. This book brings together the literature on hospital
cost analysis with theoretical developments in the analysis of the
multiproduct cost functions. It will be of considerable interest to
teachers and students of health economics and health policy
advisers interested in the determinants of hospital costs and the
design of hospital payment schemes.
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