Exclusive contracts between hospitals and physicians: the antitrust issues.
Exclusive contracts between hospitals and physicians are common. In most instances they raise no anticompetitive concerns. However, especially in rural markets, exclusive contracts may be used to foreclose actual and potential competitors and thereby decrease competition. The courts should weigh the benefits and costs of exclusive contracts in these areas.
Frech
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HE
Economics Department, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106, USA.
Danger
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KL
D016363:Antitrust Laws; D003284:Contract Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence