STATE-REGULATION AND HOSPITAL COSTS
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
ANTEL, JJ; OHSFELDT, RL; BECKER, ER
署名单位：
University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Birmingham; Harvard University
刊物名称：
REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
ISSN/ISSBN：
0034-6535
DOI：
10.2307/2109904
发表日期：
1995-08
页码：
416-422
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摘要：
The effects of various regulations on hospital costs are estimated using a two decade long panel data set which spans the initiation, and in some instances the repeal, of various forms of hospital regulation. The long panel fosters two improvements over previous research. First, as state hospital cost levels may affect states' incentive to regulate, fixed effect estimators alleviate omitted variable bias derived from the states' regulatory discretion. Second, the long panel permits the estimation of many different regulatory program effects, but also facilitates the analysis of potential regulatory program interaction. The empirical results suggest that previous studies have exaggerated regulatory cost savings: although some interaction effects are indicated, hospital costs appear unresponsive to most regulatory programs.
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