Does value-based purchasing affect US hospital utilization pattern: A comparative study

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Value-Based Purchasing 100%
• Inpatients 35%
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.) 18%
• Outpatients 16%
• Ambulatory Care 14%
• Databases 13%
• American Hospital Association 11%
• Ownership 8%
• Health Resources 8%
• Medicare 7%
• Teaching 6%
• Quality of Health Care 6%
• Economics 5%
• Logistic Models 4%
• Odds Ratio 4%
• Costs and Cost Analysis 4%

Social Sciences

• utilization 46%
• hospital inpatient 13%
• index number 13%
• hospital outpatients 13%
• cost theory 13%
• hospital association 12%
• performance 11%
• transaction costs 10%
• economic theory 9%
• Quality of care 9%
• environmental factors 7%
• logistics 6%
• regression 5%
• participation 4%
• health 3%
• resources 3%
• Teaching 3%