Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas … - 2007
This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that differ in (geographical) location and, potentially, waiting time, and two types of patients; high benefit patients who choose between neighbouring hospitals (competitive...