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Patient choice and the effects of hospital market structure on mortality for AMI, hip fracture and stroke patients
Gravelle, Hugh; Moscelli, Giuseppe; Santos, Rita; … - Centre for Health Economics, Department of Economics … - 2014
right to a wider choice of hospital. For AMI and hip fracture, hospitals with more rivals had higher mortality at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105141
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Incentive Compatibility and Efficiency in the contractual Insurer-Provider Relationship: Economic Theory and practical Implications: The Case of North Carolina
Schmid, Andreas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The paper is concerned with the efficient organization of contractual relationships between health insurers and providers. An introduction to relevant aspects of contract theory is followed by their adaptation to the characteristics of the health care system. The focus lies on an ex ante...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008574266
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Hospital competition with soft budgets.
Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2012
We study the incentives for hospitals to provide quality and expend cost-reducing effort when their budgets are soft, i.e., the payer may cover deficits or confiscate surpluses. The basic set up is a Hotelling model with two hospitals that differ in location and face demand uncertainty, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539870
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Can Governments Do It Better? Merger Mania and Hospital Outcomes in the English NHS
Gaynor, Martin; Propper, Carol; Laudicella, Mauro - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
this, the UK government has pursued an active policy of hospital merger. These mergers are initiated by a regulator, acting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368126
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Hospital Competition with Soft Budgets
Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - CESifo - 2013
We study the incentives for hospitals to provide quality and expend cost-reducing effort when their budgets are soft, i.e., the payer may cover deficits or confiscate surpluses. The basic set up is a Hotelling model with two hospitals that differ in location and face demand uncertainty, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604418
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Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition, and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service
Gaynor, Martin; Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo; Propper, Carol - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 5 (2013) 4, pp. 134-66
impact of competition on hospital outcomes. The English government introduced a policy in 2006 to promote competition between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815876
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Can governments do it better? Merger mania and hospital outcomes in the English NHS
Gaynor, Martin; Laudicella, Mauro; Propper, Carol - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 3, pp. 528-543
this, the UK government has pursued an active policy of hospital mergers, arguing that such consolidations will bring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010870794
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Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service
Gaynor, Martin; Propper, Carol; Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
the impact of competition on hospital outcomes. The English government introduced a policy in 2006 to promote competition … between hospitals. Patients were given choice of location for hospital care and provided information on the quality and … approximately 68,000 discharges per year per hospital from 162 hospitals. We find that the effect of competition is to save lives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622315
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Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service
Gaynor, Martin; Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo; Propper, Carol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
the impact of competition on hospital outcomes. The English government introduced a policy in 2006 to promote competition … between hospitals. Patients were given choice of location for hospital care and provided information on the quality and … approximately 68,000 discharges per year per hospital from 160 hospitals. We find that the effect of competition is to save lives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854479
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The Effect of Activity-Based Financing on Hospital Efficiency: A Panel Data Analysis of DEA Efficiency Scores 1992-2000
Biorn, Erik; Hagen, Terje P.; Iversen, Tor; Magnussen, Jon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
Activity-based financing (ABF) was implemented in the Norwegian hospital sector from 1 July 1997. A fraction (30 to 50 … the number and composition of hospital treatments. As a result of the reform, the majority of county councils have … introduced activity-based contracts with their hospitals. This paper studies the effect of activity-based funding on hospital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623311