Hospital competition in major U.S. metropolitan areas: empirical evidence.
In response to dramatic rises in health care costs, policy-makers have been debating the relative merits of competitive strategies as a means of containing costs. This article represents a study of the 29 largest MSAs for 1991. Controlling for environmental conditions in each market, the impact of competition on hospital costs was examined. Competition was found to have had a significant positive impact on overall hospital costs.
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Arizona State University, USA.
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D002391:Catchment Area, Health / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States