One of the reasons why regulators are hesitant about permitting price competition in healthcare markets is that it may … admissions to Dutch hospitals, we find no evidence that increased exposure to price competition reduces quality measured by …

hospital ownership in the urban context. We examine differences in the provision of profitable and unprofitable medical … services in rural areas across nonprofit, for-profit, and government hospitals. We also consider the effect of hospital … ownership mix within rural hospital markets. We find that rural nonprofit hospitals are more likely than for-profit hospitals to …