Concept information
Preferred term
cost shifting
Definition
- Cost shifting exists when a hospital, physician group, or other provider raises prices to one set of buyers because it has lowered prices to some other group. The term has also been applied to managed-care firms that are similarly said to have raised premiums to one set of purchasers because it had to lower premiums to some other set. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; Cost Shifting]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/cost_shifting
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