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The effect of soft budget constraints on access and quality in hospital care

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Yu-Chu Shen ()
Karen Eggleston

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Article provided by Springer in its journal International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics.

Volume (Year): 9 (2009)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 211-232
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Keywords: Hospitals; Safety net services; Quality; Bail-outs; Soft budget constraints; I11;

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  2. János Kornai, 2009. "The soft budget constraint syndrome in the hospital sector," International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 9(2), pages 117-135, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  10. Eggleston, Karen, 2008. "Soft budget constraints and the property rights theory of ownership," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 100(3), pages 425-427, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Karen Eggleston & Yu-Chu Shen & Mingshan Lu & Congdong Li & Jian Wang & Zhe Yang & Jing Zhang, 2009. "Soft budget constraints in China: Evidence from the Guangdong hospital industry," International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 9(2), pages 233-242, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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