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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 …
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This paper examines how ownership affects professional behaviour, treatment quality and patient satisfaction in the case of hip replacements in Ireland. We use quantitative data for public hospitals and the author’s own surveys for the private sector and qualitative data from 12 interviews,...
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This paper describes a duopoly market for healthcare where one of the two providers is publicly owned and charges a price of zero, while the other sets a price so as to maximize its profit. Both providers are subject to congestion in the form of an M/M/1 queue, and they serve patient-consumers...
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review the large empirical literature on the strategic determination of hospital prices through the lens of this model … consider competition in health insurance markets and physician services markets. We conclude by considering vertical restraints …
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