The Impact of Hospital Closures on Medical Debt in Collections: Analysis Using Consumer Credit Bureau Data
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Keywords
medical debt; hospital closures; hospital competition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2023-10-23 (Health Economics)
- NEP-URE-2023-10-23 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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