One of the reasons why regulators are hesitant about permitting price competition in healthcare markets is that it may … admissions to Dutch hospitals, we find no evidence that increased exposure to price competition reduces quality measured by … damage quality when information is poor. Evidence on whether this fear is well-founded is scarce. We provide evidence using a …

We study how competition between physicians affects the provision of medical care. In our theoretical model physicians … responsiveness to the provided quality of care and their state of health. We test the behavioral predictions derived from this model … in a controlled laboratory experiment. In line with the model, we observe that competition significantly improves patient …