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Privatization of local public hospitals: effect on budget, medical service quality, and social welfare

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  • Hiroshi Aiura
  • Yasuo Sanjo

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  • Hiroshi Aiura & Yasuo Sanjo, 2010. "Privatization of local public hospitals: effect on budget, medical service quality, and social welfare," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 10(3), pages 275-299, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:ijhcfe:v:10:y:2010:i:3:p:275-299
    DOI: 10.1007/s10754-010-9081-3
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    Keywords

    Privatization of public hospitals; Hotelling-type spatial competition; Two-region model; Rural-urban market; L32; L33; I11;
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    JEL classification:

    • L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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