structures in antitrust cases. For hospital markets, both dimensions are controversially discussed in the literature. Using data … for the German hospital market we aim at elaborating the need for differentiating the product market and at investigating … contribute to the scarce empirical evidence on the structure of the German hospital market. We find that the German hospital …

structures in antitrust cases. For hospital markets, both dimensions are controversially discussed in the literature. Using data … for the German hospital market we aim at elaborating the need for differentiating the product market and at investigating … contribute to the scarce empirical evidence on the structure of the German hospital market. We find that the German hospital …

structures in antitrust cases. For hospital markets, both dimensions are controversially discussed in the literature. Using data … for the German hospital market we aim at elaborating the need for differentiating the product market and at investigating … contribute to the scarce empirical evidence on the structure of the German hospital market. We find that the German hospital …

recognise the roles of the various players (patient, surgeon and hospital procurement department) when purchases are made from a … framework explaining prosthesis choice, considering the roles and preferences of the patient, surgeon, hospital and supplier … hospital level is explained by a vector of patient and hospital characteristics. This reveals little evidence that patient …

Since the introduction of the DRG system in 2004, the German hospital market experienced a stream of consolidations in … terms of mergers and acquisitions, resulting in a decreasing number of hospital owners. In this study, I examine the ex …-ante characteristics of hospitals prior to a merger or an acquisition occurring between 2005 and 2010 in Germany, predominantly focusing on …

The South African economy is generally understood to be characterised by high levels of product market concentration … firm-level panel data. I present new evidence on South African markups, industrial concentration, and the firm … conclusions about industrial concentration using cross-industry study, and that high and growing concentration across the South …

This paper uses new data to reexamine trends in concentration in U.S. markets from 1994 to 2019. The paper's main … contribution is to construct concentration measures that reflect narrowly defined consumption-based product markets, as would be … higher than previous results. Also in contrast with the previous literature, we find that product market concentration has …

structures in antitrust cases. For hospital markets, both dimensions are controversially discussed in the literature. Using data … for the German hospital market we aim at elaborating the need for differentiating the product market and at investigating … contribute to the scarce empirical evidence on the structure of the German hospital market. We find that the German hospital …

data from a survey of 483 German hospitals. The focus of our analysis lies on the impact of hospital concentration on the …In this paper we investigate the existence of a two-tier medical system in the German acute care hospital sector using … hospitals by privileging profitable patients than hospitals in highly concentrated markets. -- Hospital markets ; Patients …