Consolidation in the Medical Care Marketplace: A Case Study from Masschusetts

This paper examines consolidation in the Massachusetts hospital market. We find that consolidation is driven primarily by a large decline in the demand for hospital beds, resulting from increased enrollment in managed care and technological changes. The drive to consolidate appears through three primary forces: consolidation for closure; consolidation for economies of scale; and consolidation for network creation.

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Year of publication:	1997-03
Authors:	Cutler, David M. ; Barro, Jason R.
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	NBER Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	HC published as <a href="http://www.nber.org/chapters/c8648">Consolidation in the Medical Care Marketplace,A Case Study from Massachusetts</a>, Jason Barro, David M. Cutler. in <a href="http://www.nber.org/books/kapl00-1">Mergers and Productivity</a>, Kaplan. 2000 Number 5957
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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