This paper uses an unusual administrative dataset covering the universe of French hospitals to consider hospital … for a number of measures of hospital output. NFP hospitals serve as a benchmark, being very similar to Public hospitals …, but without political influence on their hiring. Public-hospital employment is positively correlated with the local …

This paper seeks to understand the impact of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexi- bility (Flex) Program on rural resident … hospital choice and welfare. The Flex program created a new class of hospital, the Critical Access Hospital (CAH), which …