Are Factor Substitutions in HMO Industry Operations Cost Saving?

Past research on the potentials for cost-saving scale and scope economies in multiproduct HMO operations in the United States are incomplete in their economics of the underlying technology structure. This article exploits the translog cost model estimates of all past studies of HMO production to inf...

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Published in:	Southern Economic Journal Vol. 69; no. 4; pp. 800 - 822
Main Author:	Okunade, Albert A.
Format:	Article
Published:	Southern Economic Association April 2003
Subjects:	Health maintenance organizations Mathematical models Medical care costs Mathematical models in business Industrial costs
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost