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Dynamic Hospital Competition Under Rationing by Waiting Times
Sá, Luís - 2019
We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii …) patients choose a hospital based in part on waiting times; and (iii) hospitals incur waiting time penalties. We show that … to higher waiting times. These results are robust to different game-theoretic solution concepts, designs of the hospital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012866383
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Competition and Waiting Times in Hospital Markets
Brekke, Kurt Richard; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - 2021
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316811
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Competition and waiting times in hospital markets
Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - 2007
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264231
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Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices
Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - 2009
We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271864
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Hospital competition with soft budgets
Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - 2013
We study the incentives for hospitals to provide quality and expend cost-reducing effort when their budgets are soft, i.e., the payer may cover deficits or confiscate surpluses. The basic set up is a Hotelling model with two hospitals that differ in location and face demand uncertainty, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291512
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Does Your Doctor Matter? Doctor Quality and Patient Outcomes
Ginja, Rita; Riise, Julie; Willage, Barton; Willén, … - 2022
We estimate doctor value-added and provide evidence on the distribution of physician quality in an entire country, combining rich population-wide register data with random assignment of patients to general practitioners (GPs). We show that there is substantial variation in the quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082234
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Using Fees to Reduce Bed-Blocking: A Game between Hospitals and Care Providers
Kverndokk, Snorre; Melberg, Hans Olav - 2016
, we introduce a Stackelberg game where the hospital is the leader and the care institution is the follower. The reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011555588
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Price Regulation and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals
Brekke, Kurt R.; Holmås, Tor Helge; Straume, Odd Rune - 2015
This paper studies the effects of price regulation and parallel imports in the on-patent pharmaceutical market. In a theory model where the producer price is subject to bargaining between the brand-name producer and a distributor, we show that the effects of stricter price regulation crucially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307132
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Supplier discretion over provision : theory and an application to medical care
Malcomson, James M. - 2005
Suppliers who are better informed than purchasers, such as physicians treating insured patients, often have discretion over what to provide. This paper shows how, when the purchaser observes what is supplied but can observe neither recipient type nor the actual cost incurred, optimal provision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261143
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Gatekeeping in health care
Brekke, Kurt R.; Nuscheler, Robert; Straume, Odd Rune - 2005
about the secondary care market. We show that hospital competition is amplified by higher GP attendance but dampened by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261341