, and consider the merits of instead imposing ex ante competition for entry. …

clinical quality and find little evidence that mergers achieved gains other than a reduction in activity. In addition, mergers … reduce the scope for competition between hospitals. …

of market structure on quality of health care. The paper then moves on to consider competition in health insurance … consumers based, in part, on the quality and breadth of their provider network. We then review the large empirical literature on … the strategic determination of hospital prices through the lens of this model. Variation in the quality of health care …

The effect of competition on the quality of health care remains a contested issue. Most empirical estimates rely on … the impact of competition on hospital outcomes. The English government introduced a policy in 2006 to promote competition … between hospitals. Patients were given choice of location for hospital care and provided information on the quality and …

We estimate a bargaining model of competition between hospitals and managed care organizations (MCOs) and use the …

choice increased demand elasticity faced by hospitals with regard to clinical quality and waiting time for an important … quality. Sicker patients and better informed patients were more affected. We leverage our model to calculate potential … improve their quality of care and find suggestive evidence that hospitals responded strongly to the enhanced incentives due to …