title: Subsidy supports inefficiency of local government-owned hospitals in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saita
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koinuma
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007182:Income; D007564:Japan; D009111:Local Government; D010067:Ownership / Q000191:economics*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits