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How Do Hospitals Respond to Market Entry? Evidence from a Deregulated Market for Cardiac Revascularization
Li, Suhui - 2013
Regulatory entry barriers to hospital service markets, namely Certificate of Need (CON) regulations, are enforced in … impacts of CON on hospital volumes, demand responses to actual hospital entry into local hospital markets are not well … hospital entry by studying the cardiac revascularization markets in Pennsylvania, a state in which dynamic market entry …
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Market Reforms in the Time of Imbalance
Cacciatore, Matteo - 2016
business cycle conditions at the time of deregulation significantly affect adjustment. A reduction of firing costs entails …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994915
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These are the Good Old Days : Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System
Haber, Stephen - 2013
In 1997, the Mexican government reversed long-standing policies and allowed foreign banks to purchase Mexico's largest commercial banks and relaxed restrictions on the founding of new, foreign-owned banks. The result has been a dramatic shift in the ownership structure of Mexico's banks. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088399
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Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size : Evidence from India
Alfaro, Laura - 2014
This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm-size dynamics … and the reallocation of resources within industries over time. Following deregulation, we find that the extent of resource … regressions reveal that the distributional effects of deregulation on firm size are significantly non-linear. The size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064852
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Technology Diffusion and Productivity Growth in Health Care
Skinner, Jonathan S. - 2012
Inefficiency in the U.S. health care system has often been characterized as quot;flat of the curvequot; spending providing little or no incremental value. In this paper, we draw on macroeconomic models of diffusion and productivity to better explain the empirical patterns of outcome improvements...
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The Role of Information in Medical Markets : An Analysis of Publicly Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery
Cutler, David M. - 2010
During the past two decades, several public and private organizations have initiated programs to report publicly on the quality of medical care provided by specific hospitals and physicians. These programs have sparked broad debate among economists and policy makers concerning whether, and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012762633
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Do Good Reports Mean Higher Prices? The Impact of Hospital Compare Ratings on Cardiac Pricing
Dor, Avi - 2016
Previous research found that the initiation of Hospital Compare (HC) quality reporting had little impact on patient … outcomes. However little is known about its impact on hospital prices, which may be significant since insurers are positioned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978527
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Physician Practice Style and Patient Health Outcomes : The Case of Heart Attacks
Currie, Janet - 2015
When a patient arrives at the Emergency Room with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the provider on duty must quickly decide how aggressively the patient should be treated. Using Florida data on all such patients from 1992-2014, we decompose practice style into two components: The provider's...
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The Role of Hospital and Market Characteristics in Invasive Cardiac Service Diffusion
Horwitz, Jill R. - 2017
population already has geographic access to the service at a nearby hospital. The first effect is stronger, leading to the net …
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Does Decreased Access to Emergency Departments Affect Patient Outcomes? Analysis of Ami Population 1996-2005
Shen, Yu-Chu - 2011
infarction. Data sources include 100% Medicare Provider Analysis and Review, AHA hospital annual surveys, Medicare hospital cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131498