HOSPITAL, EMPLOYMENT, AND PRICE INDICATORS FOR THE HEALTH-CARE INDUSTRY - 4TH QUARTER 1996 AND ANNUAL DATA FOR 1988-96

Authors
SENSENIG AL HEFFLER SK DONHAM CS
Citation
Al. Sensenig et al., HOSPITAL, EMPLOYMENT, AND PRICE INDICATORS FOR THE HEALTH-CARE INDUSTRY - 4TH QUARTER 1996 AND ANNUAL DATA FOR 1988-96, Health care financing review, 18(4), 1997, pp. 133-175
Citations number
20
Journal title
Health care financing review → ACNP
ISSN journal
01958631
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
133 - 175
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-8631(1997)18:4<133:HEAPIF>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
This regular feature of the journal includes a discussion of recent tr ends in health care spending, employment, and prices. The statistics p resented in this article are valuable in their own right and for under standing the relationship between the health care sector and the overa ll economy In addition, they allow us to anticipate the direction and magnitude of health care cost changes before the availability of more comprehensive data.