4149.0 Applications of Health Economics to Provider Shortages & Hospital Behavior

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 12:30 PM
Oral
Presider:
Rafia S. Rasu, PhD

12:30 PM
Will raising salaries help alleviate the nursing faculty shortage?
Lynn Y. Unruh, PhD, RN, LHRM and Jennifer Nooney, PhD
     
12:45 PM
Economic evidence of a primary care physician shortage
Carol Simon, PhD, William White, PhD, Lauren Smith, MD, MPH, Andrew Johnson, MA, Alyssa Pozniak, PhD and Lois Olinger, MCP
  
1:00 PM
Potential 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 and Pamela J. Owens, PhD
     
1:30 PM
Relative profit margins and the allocation of inpatient and outpatient services
John F. Scoggins, PhD and Diane P. Martin, MA, PhD
     

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Organized by: Medical Care
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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