Hospital closure and economic efficiency
Hospital closure and economic efficiency
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.10.006
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Lindrooth, Richard C.
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作者：
Capps, Cory;Dranove, David;Lindrooth, Richard C.
We present a new framework for assessing the effects of hospital closures oil social welfare and the local economy. While patient welfare necessarily declines when patients lose access to a hospital, closures also tend to reduce costs. We study five hospital closures in two states and find that urban hospital bailouts reduce aggregate social welfare: on balance, the cost savings from closures more than offset the reduction in patient welfare. However, because some of the cost savings are shared nationally, total surplus in the local community may decline following a hospital closure. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
