We estimate price regressions for surgical procedures used to treat colon cancer, a leading cause of cancer mortality … billing data that do not reflect actual payments made. Although the responsiveness of prices to hospital performance depends … rankings, based on hospital excess-mortality and incorporate them into our price models. We are interested in the type …

We examine the evolving structure of the U.S. hospital industry since 1970, focusing on how ownership form influences … hospital chain significantly decreases the probability of exit for for-profits, but not not-for-profits …

The aim of this paper is to examine the determinants of interests rates on tax-exempt hospital bonds. The results … hospitals in states with relatively high income tax rates to issue debt. The Federal tax act of 1986 raised the cost of hospital … hospital should receive via its participation in tax-exempt markets, how this subsidy should vary among hospitals with …

Amenities such as good food, attentive staff, and pleasant surroundings may play an important role in hospital demand … patient perspective, hospital quality therefore embodies amenities as well as clinical quality. We also find that a one …-standard-deviation increase in amenities raises a hospital's demand by 38.4% on average, whereas demand is substantially less responsive to …

financial health affect different aspects of hospital operation. In our study, we analyze this issue focusing on hospital access … account both hospital's current and past financial health as well as their expected financial outlook (i.e., whether there is …

for surgical ones. We further use a 2008 policy where Medicare implemented financial penalties for certain hospital …

or service, but are bundled by a common intermediary. Focusing on hospital mergers across distinct geographic markets, we … higher prices (or lower-quality care). Using data on hospital mergers from 1996-2012, we find support that this mechanism … operates within state boundaries: cross-market, within-state hospital mergers yield price increases of 7-9 percent for …