Many health care systems aim to enhance hospital quality by encouraging competition. However, evidence on the … relationship between quality and competition is inconclusive. My contribution to this literature is two-fold. Analyzing the … relationship between competition and quality for the German hospital market can give valuable insights about the nature of the …

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect … structure, we show that the relationship between competition and quality is generally ambiguous. In contrast to the received … of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation …

The effect of competition on the quality of health care remains a contested issue. Most empirical estimates rely on … between hospitals. Patients were given choice of location for hospital care and provided information on the quality and … approximately 68,000 discharges per year per hospital from 160 hospitals. We find that the effect of competition is to save lives …

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect … structure, we show that the relationship between competition and quality is generally ambiguous. In contrast to the received … of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation …

The effect of competition on the quality of health care remains a contested issue. Most empirical estimates rely on … between hospitals. Patients were given choice of location for hospital care and provided information on the quality and … approximately 68,000 discharges per year per hospital from 160 hospitals. We find that the effect of competition is to save lives …

health care markets. We show that competition generally favours the majority group as higher quality for the majority is an …, competition can improve equity by forcing the providers to increase quality for the majority group. …In this paper we focus on the implications of consumer heterogeneity for whether competition will improve outcomes in …

health care markets. We show that competition generally favours the majority group as higher quality for the majority is an …, competition can improve equity by forcing the providers to increase quality for the majority group. …In this paper we focus on the implications of consumer heterogeneity for whether competition will improve outcomes in …

-for-performance (P4P) programs have been implemented in the inpatient sector to improve the quality of care provided by hospitals …

-for-performance (P4P) programs have been implemented in the inpatient sector to improve the quality of care provided by hospitals …