We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii …, whereas policies based on penalties will lead to lower waiting times, policies that promote patient choice will instead lead … reducing waiting times if they are designed with a linear penalty structure, but the counterproductive effect of patient choice …

This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … from the closest hospital (monopoly segment). Compared with a benchmark case of monopoly, we find that hospital competition … hospital competition, the effect of increased competition depends on the parameter of measurement: Lower travelling costs …

this effect by offering a higher wage, we find that a ban on dual practice is more efficient if private sector competition … is weak and public and private care are sufficiently close substitutes. On the other hand, if private sector competition …

This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … from the closest hospital (monopoly segment). Compared with a benchmark case of monopoly, we find that hospital competition … hospital competition, the effect of increased competition depends on the parameter of measurement: Lower travelling costs …

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect … of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation … structure, we show that the relationship between competition and quality is generally ambiguous. In contrast to the received …

This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We … consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health … contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that contribution rate competition yields lower company profits and higher …

Competition among physicians is widespread, but compelling empirical evidence on the impact on service provision is … limited, mainly due to lack of exogenous variation in the degree of competition. In this paper we exploit that many GPs, in … observe the same GP in two different competitive environments; with competition (own practice) and without competition …

This paper studies a market for a medical product in which there is perfect competition among health insurers, while …

that the effects of stricter price regulation crucially depend on whether the producer faces competition from parallel … regulation reduces competition from parallel imports, and has no (strictly negative) effect on producer profits in the presence …