Abstract
This paper attempts to model the output and pricing behavior of nonprofit hospitals under a prospective payment system and examines the effect of this behavior on the provision of uncompensated hospital care.' A utility maximizing framework is employed to derive and evaluate comparative statics derivatives describing the effects of a reduction in government reimbursement rates on prices charged by hospitals to private patients and on the quantity of uncompensated care.
Recommended Citation
Ramirez, Teresita R.
(1998)
"An Essay on Health Economics: HOSPITAL COST-SHIFTING AND THE PROVISION OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE,"
DLSU Business & Economics Review: Vol. 10:
No.
1, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59588/2243-786X.1405
Available at:
https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/ber/vol10/iss1/3
