hospitals in a geographical area. We find that higher competition is positively correlated with management quality, measured …We analyze the causal impact of competition on managerial quality (and hospital performance). To address the … government. Because closing hospitals in areas where the governing party is expecting a tight election race ("marginals") is rare …

markets. In this paper we exploit panel data from the population of English acute hospitals where pay for medical staff is … myocardial infarction, AMI) - and productivity. We present evidence that stronger local labor markets significantly worsen … hospital outcomes in terms of quality and productivity. A 10% increase in the outside wage is associated with a 4% to 8 …

markets. In this paper we exploit panel data from the population of English acute hospitals where pay for medical staff is … myocardial infarction, AMI) - and productivity. We present evidence that stronger local labor markets significantly worsen … hospital outcomes in terms of quality and productivity. A 10% increase in the outside wage is associated with a 4% to 8 …

consider competition in health insurance markets and physician services markets. We conclude by considering vertical restraints …

hospital capacities, capital, and funding by the statutory health insurance (SHI). This prompts hospitals to hire more … physicians, but with little impact on hospital outputs. As a result, total factor productivity (TFP) growth in hospital care …

hospital capacities, capital, and funding by the statutory health insurance (SHI). This prompts hospitals to hire more … physicians, but with little impact on hospital outputs. As a result, total factor productivity (TFP) growth in hospital care …

This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … between neighbouring hospitals (competitive segment), and low-benefit patients who decide whether or not to demand treatment … from the closest hospital (monopoly segment). Compared with a benchmark case of monopoly, we find that hospital competition …

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect … of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation … costs (increased substitutability) or a higher number of hospitals. With semi-altruistic providers and a fairly general cost …

This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … between neighbouring hospitals (competitive segment), and low-benefit patients who decide whether or not to demand treatment … competition leads to longer waiting times in equilibrium if the competitive segment is sufficiently large. Given a policy regime …