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Estimating Hospital Cost Shift Rates: A Practitioners’ Guide


Austin Frakt


Government of the United States of America - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); Boston University - School of Medicine; Boston University - School of Public Health
December 22, 2010

HCFE WP No. 2011-02

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This paper is a guide to researchers considering estimating cost shift rates or wishing a more detailed, econometric interpretation of the literature that does. It is a companion to Frakt A. 2011. How Much do Hospitals Cost Shift? A Review of the Evidence. Milbank Quarterly 89(1), which I assume the reader has read. (A working paper version of the Milbank Quarterly article is available through SSRN.)

Number of Pages in PDF File: 22

Keywords: cost shifting, Medicare, hospital charges, health insurance, health policy

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Date posted: March 23, 2011  

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Frakt, Austin, Estimating Hospital Cost Shift Rates: A Practitioners’ Guide (December 22, 2010). HCFE WP No. 2011-02. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1788129 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1788129

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Austin Frakt (Contact Author)
Government of the United States of America - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
150 S. Huntington Ave (152H)
Boston, MA 02130
United States
Boston University - School of Medicine ( email )
Boston, MA 02118
United States
Boston University - School of Public Health ( email )
150 S. Huntington Ave (152H)
Boston, MA 02130
United States
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