consider competition in health insurance markets and physician services markets. We conclude by considering vertical restraints …

We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii …, whereas policies based on penalties will lead to lower waiting times, policies that promote patient choice will instead lead … reducing waiting times if they are designed with a linear penalty structure, but the counterproductive effect of patient choice …

This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … from the closest hospital (monopoly segment). Compared with a benchmark case of monopoly, we find that hospital competition … hospital competition, the effect of increased competition depends on the parameter of measurement: Lower travelling costs …

We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii …, whereas policies based on penalties will lead to lower waiting times, policies that promote patient choice will instead lead … reducing waiting times if they are designed with a linear penalty structure, but the counterproductive effect of patient choice …

framework explaining prosthesis choice, considering the roles and preferences of the patient, surgeon, hospital and supplier …. This provides a set of hypotheses tested using an econometric model in which the diversity of prosthesis choice at the …

We evaluate the effect of a pro-competition reform gradually introduced in France over the 2004-2008 period on hospital … and financial autonomy as well as their reimbursement systems and incentives for competition before the reform, but they … competition in terms of decrease in mortality after the reform. We estimate a duration model for mortality stratified at the …