. Moreover, competition in hospital markets is promoted to reduce health care spending. However, the effects of system membership … and competition on treatment choices of hospitals have not been considered in studying hospital ownership types. We … membership, patient insurance status (insured, and uninsured) and hospital competition in the United States. Methods: We estimate …

hospital markets. Secondary objectives include estimating hospital demand systems useful for market definition and merger … simulation. To this end, we estimate a structural model of demand and pricing in the short term hospital industry in California … for-profits. We simulate the effects of the 1997 merger of two hospital chains. In unconcentrated markets such as Los …

and competition on hospital quality differ by ownership type. Executive compensation is positively associated with quality … nonprofit managers may be multi-dimensional. Looking within the nonprofit hospital group, we observe that competition is more …Recently, patients, insurers, and regulators have increasingly focused on hospital quality (the inverse of patient …

hospital markets. Secondary objectives include estimating hospital demand systems useful for market definition and merger … simulation. To this end, we estimate a structural model of demand and pricing in the short term hospital industry in California … for-profits. We simulate the effects of the 1997 merger of two hospital chains. In unconcentrated markets such as Los …