We examine competition in the hospital industry, in particular the effect of ownership type (for-profit, not …-for-profit, government). We estimate a structural model of demand and pricing in the hospital industry in California, then use the estimates …-profits, but markups are higher. We simulate the effects of the 1997 merger of two hospital chains. In San Luis Obispo County …

hospital markets. Secondary objectives include estimating hospital demand systems useful for market definition and merger … simulation. To this end, we estimate a structural model of demand and pricing in the short term hospital industry in California … for-profits. We simulate the effects of the 1997 merger of two hospital chains. In unconcentrated markets such as Los …

In this chapter we review issues relating to antitrust and competition in health care markets. The chapter begins with … in ways that might affect the optimality of competition. The chapter then focuses on the main areas in which antitrust … has been applied to health care: hospital mergers, monopsony, and foreclosure. In each of these sections we review the …

hospital markets. Secondary objectives include estimating hospital demand systems useful for market definition and merger … simulation. To this end, we estimate a structural model of demand and pricing in the short term hospital industry in California … for-profits. We simulate the effects of the 1997 merger of two hospital chains. In unconcentrated markets such as Los …

We study the effect of physician incentives in an HMO network. Physician incentives are controversial because they may … induce doctors to make treatment decisions that differ from those they would chose in the absence of incentives. We set out a … suggestive evidence that financial incentives linked to commonly used "quality" measures may stimulate an improvement in measured …

or responsiveness to financial incentives. In the frontier literature productive efficiency is assumed to be exogenously …

We study the effect of physician incentives in an HMO network. Physician incentives are controversial because they may … induce doctors to make treatment decisions that differ from those they would chose in the absence of incentives. We set out a … suggestive evidence that financial incentives linked to commonly used quality measures may stimulate an improvement in measured …