Do More Hospital Beds Lead to Higher Hospitalization Rates? A Spatial Examination of Roemer’s Law

BACKGROUND: Roemer’s Law, a widely cited principle in health care policy, states that hospital beds that are built tend to be used. This simple but powerful expression has been invoked to justify Certificate of Need regulation of hospital beds in an effort to contain health care costs. Despite its i...

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Autores principales: Delamater, Paul L., Messina, Joseph P., Grady, Sue C., WinklerPrins, Vince, Shortridge, Ashton M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054900

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054900

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