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Session: Applications of Health Economics to Provider Shortages & Hospital Behavior
4149.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Applications of Health Economics to Provider Shortages & Hospital Behavior
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Rafia S. Rasu, PhD
12:30 PM   Will raising salaries help alleviate the nursing faculty shortage?
Lynn Y. Unruh, PhD, RN, Jennifer Nooney, PhD
12:45 PMEconomic evidence of a primary care physician shortage
Carol Simon, PhD, William White, PhD, Lauren Smith, MD, MPH, Andrew Johnson, MA, Alyssa Pozniak, PhD, Lois Olinger, MCP
1:00 PMPotential for cost-shifting among patients in critical care settings under the regulated and competitive hospital reimbursement systems
Diane Dewar, PhD
1:15 PM   Variation of the Supply and Cost of Treat-and-Release Visits to Hospital Emergency Departments
Bernard Friedman, PhD, Pamela J. Owens, PhD
1:30 PM   Relative profit margins and the allocation of inpatient and outpatient services
John F. Scoggins, PhD, Diane P. Martin, MA, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Medical Care
Endorsed by:Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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