Hospital Cost Analysis (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, 3
Release date:	1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	J. R. Butler
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	393
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-3247-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Microeconomics > General
LSN:	0-7923-3247-4
Barcode:	9780792332473

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