HMO Penetration, Ownership Status, and the Rise of Hospital Advertising /

We examine the recent increase in hospital advertising expenditures. We first illustrate that the rise in hospital advertising has not been universal. Large, not-for-profit, teaching hospitals have, by far, experienced the largest increase in spending. Adjusting for size, for-profit hospitals ove...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Barro, Jason R.
Körperschaft:
National Bureau of Economic Research
Weitere Verfasser:
Chu, Michael
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2002.
Zusammenfassung:
We examine the recent increase in hospital advertising expenditures. We first illustrate that the rise in hospital advertising has not been universal. Large, not-for-profit, teaching hospitals have, by far, experienced the largest increase in spending. Adjusting for size, for-profit hospitals over this period have actually decreased their marketing expenses. This increase in advertising spending is best explained by managed care penetration. There is a small and marginally significant relationship between increases in for-profit presence in hospital markets and an increase in advertising spending by the not-for-profit hospitals in those markets.
Umfang:
1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
Anmerkungen:
April 2002.
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