for diseases with the greatest profitability and demand elasticity. Most empirical evidence regarding hospital competition … - ambulances usually take patients to the closest (or affiliated) hospital. In this paper, we derive a theoretically appropriate ….S. regional hospital markets to instrument for market concentration. We then estimate the model using risk-adjusted Medicare data …

estimates of hospital ownership type consist of the impact of differential patient case mix (selection) and hospital cost …

by horizontal hospital mergers as an instrument, we show that rising prices raise the cost of labor by increasing …

terms of increased access to hospital care for newly eligible children, so that there is an overall 10% rise in child …

Maryland has simultaneously operated per case - and per service hospital payment systems since 1976 with varying levels …

hospitalization puts patients at risk of hospital acquired conditions and disrupts their lives. We use variation in the patient …'s nearest hospital's propensity to admit patients with similar observable characteristics as an instrument for the admission … we find that the marginal hospital admission increases the number of hospital days by seven days and increases charges by …

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

Medicare spending in 2014. We use the entry of LTCHs into local hospital markets and an event study design to estimate LTCHs …