insurers market their products to consumers based, in part, on the quality and breadth of their provider network. We then …. Variation in the quality of health care clearly can have large welfare consequences. We therefore also describe the theoretical … and empirical literature on the impact of market structure on quality of health care. The chapter then moves on to …

integration between insurers and hospitals, we develop a model of bargaining and competition. Integrated firms have incentives to … claims and plans from Chile, where vertically integrated hospitals account for half of all admissions. Our estimates imply …

individual hospitals are buying from only two, or in some instances one seller. Given this backdrop, we develop a theoretical … how decisions are made and how suppliers bargain with hospitals. …

individual hospitals are buying from only two, or in some instances one seller. Given this backdrop, we develop a theoretical … how decisions are made and how suppliers bargain with hospitals. …

drug substitution and competition. Since 2006, Germany follows an innovative approach by differentiating drug co … potential reductions in co-payments. We refer to the latter result as the "co-payment exemption paradox." Our competition proxy …

competitor market share influences choices of price and quality at for-profit and nonprofit nursing homes. The measured … significantly different conduct than do incumbents, with entering nonprofits producing higher quality at lower prices than … incumbents of either type, and exiting for-profits producing lower quality …

Recent economic research has shown that fixed-price quality competition in the NHS in England is benefiting patients … these higher quality outcomes. This paper uses information obtained by the Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) in its … paper highlights the types of actions taken by hospital trusts facing competition that are likely to improve the quality of …

We analyse the relationship between the quality of a GP practice in England and the degree of competition that it faces … obtained from the national GP patient survey). The association between increased competition and higher quality is found for GP … rival GP practices provide a higher quality of care than that provided by GP practices that lack competitors. This higher …

suggest that the intended effects of quality regulation on price competition through increased (perceived) quality of generics …We study the effects of quality regulation on market outcomes by exploiting the staggered phase-in of bioequivalence …

suggest that the intended effects of quality regulation on price competition through increased (perceived) quality of generics …We study the effects of quality regulation on market outcomes by exploiting the staggered phase-in of bioequivalence …