Eggleston, Karen; Norman, George; Pepall, Lynne Marie - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 3 (2004) 1, pp. 1-29
transformed US healthcare and at the same time raised antitrust concern. This paper examines how competition among MCOs affects … equilibria under three different market structures: overlapping upstream physician-hospital alliances, upstream … gains achieved depend not only on organizational form but also on the toughness of premium competition. We show that …