This paper studies the effect of hospital ownership on treatment rates allowing for spatial correlation among hospitals …. Competition among hospitals and knowledge spillovers generate significant externalities which we try to capture using the spatial … hospital ownership on treatment rates that depends upon the market structure where the hospital is located and which varies by …

characteristics. The findings are best explained by differences in the objectives adopted by hospital types rather than differences in … capital constraints faced by them. Preliminary evidence suggests that hospital behavior depends on the ownership form of …

We examine the evolving structure of the U.S. hospital industry since 1970, focusing on how ownership form influences … hospital chain significantly decreases the probability of exit for for-profits, but not not-for-profits …

This paper offers an empirical test of ownership mix efficiency in the U.S. hospital services industry. The test …

financial responsibilities compared with for-profit hospitals. Design/methodology/approach: Using panel data from the Hospital …-series analysis to examine the effect of hospital ownership on uncompensated care, charity care, technical efficiency, and profit … than nonprofit hospitals in terms of maximizing profit margins. When comparing hospital technical efficiency, there is no …

We examine the evolving structure of the U.S. hospital industry since 1970, focusing on how ownership form influences … hospital chain significantly decreases the probability of exit for for-profits, but not not-for-profits …

results in the hospital ownership literature can be explained largely by differences in authors' underlying theoretical … combined estimates across studies suggest little difference in cost among all three types of hospital ownership, and that for …

characteristics. The findings are best explained by differences in the objectives adopted by hospital types rather than differences in … capital constraints faced by them. Preliminary evidence suggests that hospital behavior depends on the ownership form of …