title: Competitive reform and nonprice competition: implications for the hospital industry.
abstract: This article examines the current status of cost containment, the nature of health care competition, the characteristics of the market for medical services that influence competition, and the implications of these factors for the hospital industry.
authors.affiliation: Health Service Administration, Western Kentucky University.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000639:trends*; D004467:Economics / Q000639:trends*; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States