In this paper, we explore the effects of primary care physician (PCP) practice competition on five distinct quality …

the competition in the field of foreign trade and act as the main criterion for measuring the competitiveness of …

increased competition between healthcare providers on prescription of antibiotics. We make use of a competition- inducing reform … different subcategories of antibiotics. The results indicate that increased competition had a positive and significant effect on …

about their care and the scope of competition between hospitals. …

evidence, we build a spatial quality competition model with altruism heterogeneity. We find that more altruistic healthcare …New empirical evidence shows substantial heterogeneity in the altruism of healthcare providers. Spurred by this … altruistic healthcare providers are, the more likely it is that the social planner prefers greater horizontal differentiation to …

The effect of competition on the quality of health care remains a contested issue. Most empirical estimates rely on … the impact of competition on hospital outcomes. The English government introduced a policy in 2006 to promote competition … introduction of competition on not only clinical outcomes but also productivity and expenditure. We find that the effect of …

to more closely approximate competitive markets in healthcare and insurance in ways that will do more good than harm to … funds and controls production of such items. This study briefly discusses the economic ideal of competition and its current … supply-side competition would or would not improve outcomes, identifies imperfect information as a key problem, and closes by …

We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii …

private healthcare market remains. This paper explains how competition in English healthcare has developed to involve the … suggesting that the current opportunity to rethink how competition works in English healthcare is a welcome development …After approximately 30 years, and following a decisive move towards integrated care systems, competition reforms in …

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 …