کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
961864 929961 2011 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Public vs. private provision of charity care? Evidence from the expiration of Hill-Burton requirements in Florida
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
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Public vs. private provision of charity care? Evidence from the expiration of Hill-Burton requirements in Florida
چکیده انگلیسی
This paper explores the consequences of the expiration of charity care requirements imposed on private hospitals by the Hill-Burton Act. We examine delivery care and the health of newborns using the universe of Florida births from 1989 to 2003 combined with hospital data from the American Hospital Association. We find that charity care requirements were binding on hospitals, but that private hospitals under obligation “cream skimmed” the least risky maternity patients. Conditional on patient characteristics, they provided less intensive maternity services but without compromising patient health. When obligations expired, private hospitals quickly reduced their charity caseloads, shifting maternity patients to public hospitals. The results in this paper suggest, perhaps surprisingly, that requiring private providers to serve the underinsured can be effective.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Health Economics - Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 189-199
نویسندگان
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