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 …

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 …

We study the incentives for hospitals to provide quality and expend cost-reducing effort when their budgets are soft, i ….e., the payer may cover deficits or confiscate surpluses. The basic set up is a Hotelling model with two hospitals that differ … in location and face demand uncertainty, where the hospitals run deficits (surpluses) in the high (low) demand state …

We study the incentives for hospitals to provide quality and expend cost-reducing effort when their budgets are soft, i ….e., the payer may cover deficits or confiscate surpluses. The basic set up is a Hotelling model with two hospitals that differ … in location and face demand uncertainty, where the hospitals run deficits (surpluses) in the high (low) demand state …

reduction in activity. Given that mergers reduce the scope for competition between hospitals the findings suggest that further …The literature on mergers between private hospitals suggests that such mergers often produce little benefit. Despite … half the short term general hospitals were involved in a merger, but that politics means that selection for a merger may be …

We study the incentives for hospitals to provide quality and expend cost-reducing effort when their budgets are soft, i ….e., the payer may cover deficits or confiscate surpluses. The basic set up is a Hotelling model with two hospitals that differ … in location and face demand uncertainty, where the hospitals run deficits (surpluses) in the high (low) demand state …

reduction in activity. Given that mergers reduce the scope for competition between hospitals the findings suggest that further …The literature on mergers between private hospitals suggests that such mergers often produce little benefit. Despite … half the short term general hospitals were involved in a merger, but that politics means that selection for a merger may be …

We study the incentives for hospitals to provide quality and expend cost-reducing effort when their budgets are soft, i ….e., the payer may cover deficits or confiscate surpluses. The basic set up is a Hotelling model with two hospitals that differ … in location and face demand uncertainty, where the hospitals run deficits (surpluses) in the high (low) demand state …

We study the incentives for hospitals to provide quality and expend cost-reducing effoort when their budgets are soft …, i.e., the payer may cover deficits or confiscate surpluses. The basic set up is a Hotelling model with two hospitals … that differ in location and face demand uncertainty, where the hospitals run deficits (surpluses) in the high (low) demand …