Capps, Cory S.; Dranove, David; Greenstein, Shane M.; … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
regarding the size of the relevant geographic market. The FTC
expert testified that the relevant market was roughly a 54-mile … hospital industry,
dramatically concentrating the supply of hospital services. In principle, several purposes motivated this …
consolidation. First, consolidation might have facilitated the elimination of excessive beds and services.
By the end of the 1980s …