In this research we will focus on three topics which we think are particularly relevant for hospital competition: i …) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with …

market and develop projects among customers with few constraints on acceptable end use efficiency technologies. In contrast … trends in the electricity industry (i.e., increasing competition and the prospect of industry restructuring). …

incentive to modify these decisions in ways that might enhance system reliability or improve the efficiency of the markets in …

and others in the top 25th percentile of efficiency). This paper summarizes the Federal Energy Management Program s first … product labelling, testing, rating, and efficiency standards. After five years of implementing low-standby power purchasing …

and produce consumer cost reductions. We examine the efficiency gains from competition in the private power market, and …In this report, we study the potential for competitive forces to enhance the efficiency of integrated resource planning … and elucidate options available to state Public Utility Commissions (PUCs) to support competition in utility demand …

5 and 6 identify the issues raised by competition along the two dimensions. These issues include efficiency, equity …The purpose of this study is to examine competition in the electric power industry from an industrial organization … varieties of electric power competition, organized along two dimensions: producer competition and consumer competition. Chapters …

technology in terms of material throughput, efficiency, energy usage, environmental effects, and costs. These parameters also …

of the overall economic reform package that is being implemented in Australia. Enhancing efficiency in the economy … through competition is a key objective of the reforms. As the need for reform was being discussed in the early 1990s …, Australia`s previous prime minister, Paul Keating, observed that {open_quotes}the engine which drives efficiency is free and …

5 and 6 identify the issues raised by competition along the two dimensions. These issues include efficiency, equity …The purpose of this study is to examine competition in the electric power industry from an ``industrial organization … varieties of electric power competition, organized along two dimensions: producer competition and consumer competition. Chapters …