Competition plays an ambiguous role in nursing home markets where public and private payers coexist. Using U.S. nursing … home data with a wide range of market structures, we find a U-shaped relationship between competition and service quality … effects of competition: the reputation building effect whereby competing firms choose high quality to build a good reputation …

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 …