Published on in Vol 8, No 2 (2020): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/14436, first published .
Just Because (Most) Hospitals Are Publishing Charges Does Not Mean Prices Are More Transparent

Just Because (Most) Hospitals Are Publishing Charges Does Not Mean Prices Are More Transparent

Just Because (Most) Hospitals Are Publishing Charges Does Not Mean Prices Are More Transparent

Cody Lendon Mullens   1, 2 * , MPH ;   J Andres Hernandez   3, 4 * , BS ;   Evan D Anderson   5 * , JD, PhD ;   Lindsay Allen   6 * , MA, PhD

1 West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, United States

2 Center for Public Health Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

3 The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

4 Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

5 Center for Public Health Initiatives, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

6 Department of Health Policy, Management, and Leadership, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States

*all authors contributed equally

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  • Cody Lendon Mullens, MPH
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