Does “Excess Supply” Drive Excessive Health Spending? The Case of Certificate-of-Need Laws
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Keywords
health care spending; certificate of need; health care supply; regulation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
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