This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … between neighbouring hospitals (competitive segment), and low-benefit patients who decide whether or not to demand treatment …

costs (increased substitutability) or a higher number of hospitals. With semi-altruistic providers and a fairly general cost …

hospitals characteristics that determine waiting times? By developing a model of healthcare provision and analysing empirically … that describes the optimal waiting time distribution for capacity constraint hospitals. Secondly, employing duration … analysis, we obtain empirical representations of that distribution across hospitals in the UK from 1997-2005. We observe …

This study investigates hospitals' dynamic incentives to select patients when hospitals are remunerated according to a … spiral of prices is possible which induces hospitals to focus on low-severity cases. For high altruism, dynamic price …

This study investigates hospitals’ dynamic incentives to select patients when hospitals are remunerated according to a … spiral of prices is possible which induces hospitals to focus on low-severity cases. For high altruism, dynamic price …