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| Title: | | Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices  |
| Authors: | | Brekke, Kurt R. Siciliani, Luigi Straume, Odd Rune |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper 2635 |
| Abstract: | | We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation costs (increased substitutability) or a higher number of hospitals. With semi-altruistic providers and a fairly general cost structure, we show that the relationship between competition and quality is generally ambiguous. In contrast to the received theoretical literature, this is consistent with, and potentially explains, the mixed empirical evidence. |
| Subjects: | | hospitals competition quality |
| JEL: | | H42 I11 I18 L13 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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