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 …

costs (increased substitutability) or a higher number of hospitals. With semi-altruistic providers and a fairly general cost …

This study investigates hospitals' dynamic incentives to select patients when hospitals are remunerated according to a … prospective payment system of the DRG type. Given that prices typically reflect past average costs, we use a discrete-time dynamic … spiral of prices is possible which induces hospitals to focus on low-severity cases. For high altruism, dynamic price …

This study investigates hospitals' dynamic incentives to select patients when hospitals are remunerated according to a … prospective payment system of the DRG type. Given that prices typically reflect past average costs, we use a discrete-time dynamic … spiral of prices is possible which induces hospitals to focus on low-severity cases. For high altruism, dynamic price …

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 …

This study investigates hospitals’ dynamic incentives to select patients when hospitals are remunerated according to a … prospective payment system of the DRG type. Given that prices typically reflect past average costs, we use a discrete-time dynamic … spiral of prices is possible which induces hospitals to focus on low-severity cases. For high altruism, dynamic price …

We examine whether a hospital's quality is affected by the quality provided by other hospitals in the same market. We … to a sample of English hospitals in 2009–10 and a set of 16 quality measures including mortality rates, readmission …, revision and redo rates, and three patient reported indicators, to examine the relationship between the quality of hospitals …

We examine whether a hospitals quality is affected by the quality provided by other hospitals in the same market. We … methods to a sample of English hospitals in 2009-10 and a set of 16 quality measures including mortality rates, readmission … hospitals. We find that a hospitals quality is positively associated with the quality of its rivals for seven out of the sixteen …

This study investigates hospitals’ dynamic incentives to select patients when hospitals are remunerated according to a … prospective payment system of the DRG type. Given that prices typically reflect past average costs, we use a discrete-time dynamic … spiral of prices is possible which induces hospitals to focus on low-severity cases. For high altruism, dynamic price …

This study investigates hospitals' dynamic incentives to select patients when hospitals are remunerated according to a … prospective payment system of the DRG type. Given that prices typically reflect past average costs, we use a discrete-time dynamic … spiral of prices is possible which induces hospitals to focus on low-severity cases. For high altruism, dynamic price …