substantial quot;offsetquot; effects in terms of increased hospital utilization in response to the combination of higher …

In the 1990s the US hospital industry consolidated. This paper estimates the impact of the wave of hospital mergers on …. The estimates indicate that the aggregate magnitude of the impact of hospital mergers is modest but not trivial. In 2001 …, average HMO premiums are estimated to be 3.2% higher than they would have been absent any hospital merger activity during the …

There has been considerable consolidation in the hospital industry in recent years. Over 900 deals occurred from 1994 … in consolidation has led to concern about competition in local markets for hospital services. We examine the effect of … market structure on competition in local hospital markets -- specifically, does the hardness of competition increase with the …

positive income effects on charity care supply, convex preferences for the nonprofit hospital imply crowding out by other …

payment for skilled nursing facilities (SNF PPS) in geographic areas with high versus low levels of hospital/SNF integration …

empirical context of cardiovascular care within hospitals, we first examine the relationship between a hospital's level of … complementarities to examine: (1) the extent to which a hospital's specialization in areas related to cardiovascular care directly … impacts performance on cardiovascular patients (positive spillovers) and (2) whether the marginal benefit of a hospital …

hospital-insurer bargaining over premiums and reimbursements, household demand for insurance, and individual demand for … with the remaining insurers. We also document substantial heterogeneity in hospital price adjustments upon the removal of …