We evaluate the effect of a pro-competition reform gradually introduced in France over the 2004-2008 period on hospital … and financial autonomy as well as their reimbursement systems and incentives for competition before the reform, but they … are all under a DRG-based payment system after the reform. For each hospital status, we assess the benefits of local …

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 …

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

integration between insurers and hospitals, we develop a model of bargaining and competition. Integrated firms have incentives to … increase hospital prices to rivals to steer demand to integrated partners. We estimate the model using administrative data on …

In this research we will focus on three topics which we think are particularly relevant for hospital competition: i … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … to detect and reduce inefficiencies in this market. Therefore, hospital inefficiency is one main aspect in our research …