Emergency Department of a hospital (ED). This choice is made by a patient who is generally not herself a trained medical … patients, and takes into account the factors that affect the patient. We show that a separating equilibrium, in which all …

life expectancy of WA hospital patients by almost 3 months between 2000 and 2007, controlling for the patient's age, sex … patient had private insurance), postcode (over 400 postcodes), year of hospital admission, and number of procedures performed … longevity of all hospital patients, i.e. patients with a variety of medical conditions. The analysis is based on data on over …

The opportunity for patient choice in the health care system in CIS countries was created by the partial destruction of … in 2009 and 2011 show that patient choice of medical facility and physician is taking place in the post-Semashko health … choice of medical facility and physician is not a necessity. Part of reason for patient choice is caused by the failure of …

are faced with a heterogeneous patient population, in which patients systematically vary with regard to both, their … in a controlled laboratory experiment. In line with the model, we observe that competition significantly improves patient … physician, competition even decreases the patient benefit compared to a situation without competition. This decrease is in …

, while the geographic distribution of hospitals explains 61% once other sorting mechanisms - ethnicity, patient preferences … market frictions, limited variation in payments made to hospitals according to patient health means that sorting is estimated …