title: Hospital selection by managed care insurers.
abstract: This article focuses on which factors influence the ability of hospitals to attract managed care patients. Data for the analysis were obtained from a national sample of 235 acute care hospitals in 1996. The results indicate that the costs of inpatient care, participation in an integrated delivery system network, and hospital size were the critical factors in determining the ability of hospitals to obtain managed care business.
authors.affiliation: Economics Department, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jantzen
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Loubeau
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006761:Hospitals / Q000145:classification; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data