Competing hospitals may not only use quality of service to attract patients but also their specialization profile … and (ii) preference for a good match between patients' needs and hospitals' specialization profile. Moreover, we derive … attraktiver für Patienten zu werden. Wir wenden ein Hotelling Duopol mit vertikaler und horizontaler Differenzierung an, wobei …

This paper considers the micro-econometric analysis of patients' hospital choice for elective medical procedures when … assessing hospital quality and focus on tangible attributes, like hospital amenities; and that GPs, in turn, as patients' agents … inconsistencies that arise when strategic pre-selection is not properly taken into account. We fi nd that patients defer to GPs when …

show that when the insurer designs the healthcare payment policy to let hospitals dump high-cost patients, there is a trade …-off between the disutility of dumped patients (changes in hospitals' rent extracting due to low-severity patients) and the shift … in the cost-reduction effort level for high-severity patients. We also clarify the welfare-improving conditions by …

show that when the insurer designs the healthcare payment policy to let hospitals dump high-cost patients, there is a trade …-off between the disutility of dumped patients (changes in hospitals’ rent extraction due to low-severity patients) and the shift … in the level of cost reduction efforts for high-severity patients. We also clarify the welfare-improving conditions by …

information is always better, and the optimal design of scores must account for them. In the context of Medicare Advantage, I find …

comparing treatment modalities for epithelial ovarian carcinoma patients. Hospital volume activity was instrumented by the … distance from patients’ homes to their hospital, the population density, and the median net income of patient municipalities …Studies of the hospital volume-outcome relationship have highlighted that a greater volume activity improves patient …

recognise the roles of the various players (patient, surgeon and hospital procurement department) when purchases are made from a … framework explaining prosthesis choice, considering the roles and preferences of the patient, surgeon, hospital and supplier … hospital level is explained by a vector of patient and hospital characteristics. This reveals little evidence that patient …