title: The Influence of Hospital Market Competition on Patient Mortality and Total Performance Score.
abstract: The Affordable Care Act of 2010 launch of Medicare Value-Based Purchasing has become the platform for payment reform. It is a mechanism by which buyers of health care services hold providers accountable for high-quality and cost-effective care. The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between quality of hospital care and hospital competition using the quality-quantity behavioral model of hospital behavior. The quality-quantity behavioral model of hospital behavior was used as the conceptual framework for this study. Data from the American Hospital Association database, the Hospital Compare database, and the Area Health Resources Files database were used. Multivariate regression analysis was used to examine the effect of hospital competition on patient mortality. Hospital market competition was significantly and negatively related to the 3 mortality rates. Consistent with the literature, hospitals located in more competitive markets had lower mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia. The results suggest that hospitals may be more readily to compete on quality of care and patient outcomes. The findings are important because policies that seek to control and negatively influence a competitive hospital environment, such as Certificate of Need legislation, may negatively affect patient mortality rates. Therefore, policymakers should encourage the development of policies that facilitate a more competitive and transparent health care marketplace to potentially and significantly improve patient mortality.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Health Administration Program, Department of Public Health, Brooks College of Health (Drs Haley, Zhao, Spaulding, and Hamadi); University of North Florida Master of Health Administration Program, University of North Florida (Dr Xu and Ms Yeomans), Jacksonville, Florida.
authors.forename: Donald Robert
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Haley
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spaulding
authors.forename: Hanadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamadi
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Katelyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yeomans
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D062505:Value-Based Purchasing