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 …

limitations of the available data, and the potential implications of common ownership for competition in Australia. …

limitations of the available data, and the potential implications of common ownership for competition in Australia. …

Konzentration und Wettbewerb im Markt. Schwegel untersucht abschließend die kirchlichen Trägerstrukturen im deutschen …

In this paper we review issues relating to antitrust and competition in health care markets. The paper begins with a … ways that might affect the optimality of competition. The paper then focuses on the main areas in which antitrust has been … applied to health care: hospital mergers, monopsony, and foreclosure. In each of these sections we review the relevant …

have attempted to substitute regulation for competition, regulating entry and investment (certificate of need laws, health …. Recent years have seen a shift away from regulatory policies and toward competition. Antitrust policy towards health care … these markets. As a consequence, competition and antitrust policy have become prominent issues in health policy. Economic …