Reacting to rankings: evidence from "America's Best Hospitals".
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Summary
It is found that hospitals that improve their rank are able to attract significantly more patients and have implications regarding the competitiveness of hospital markets and the effect that the dissemination of quality information in hospital markets can have on individual choice.
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- article
- Published
- 2009-12-01
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- 361
- References
- 64
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Keywords
Humanities, Philosophy
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