Administrative Costs in U.S. Hospitals
Open Access
- 5 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 329 (6), 400-403
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199308053290606
Abstract
Previous estimates of administrative costs in U.S. hospitals have been based on figures for California, and nationwide extrapolation has been controversial. If the costs of bureaucracy are high, major policy reforms may yield substantial savings.Keywords
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