Gaynor, Martin; Vogt, William B. - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 1405-1487). 2000
In this chapter we review issues relating to antitrust and competition in health care markets. The chapter begins with a brief review of antitrust legislation. We then discuss whether and how health care is different from other industries in ways that might affect the optimality of competition....