title: Competition among health care providers: helpful or harmful?
authors.affiliation: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro Pita
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.affiliation: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Werner B F
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Brouwer
authors.affiliation: WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Strengthening, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.affiliation: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. varkevisser@bmg.eur.nl.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varkevisser
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005060:Europe; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care