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TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of regional competition on the health care industry
AU - De Silva, Dakshina Garfield
AU - Jung, Hojin
AU - Kosmopoulou, Georgia
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Applied Economics on 26/04/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00036846.2018.1467551
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - We investigate factors that determine firm markups by employing data on prices and quantities of various medical procedures at major hospitals in the United States. We focus on the impact of hospital quality, rival competition and the number of medical procedures upon the health care demand. Our analysis covers health-care markets across the United States with the market definition based upon the hospital referral regions. Our findings highlight potential implications of the relationship between hospital markups and market structure.
AB - We investigate factors that determine firm markups by employing data on prices and quantities of various medical procedures at major hospitals in the United States. We focus on the impact of hospital quality, rival competition and the number of medical procedures upon the health care demand. Our analysis covers health-care markets across the United States with the market definition based upon the hospital referral regions. Our findings highlight potential implications of the relationship between hospital markups and market structure.
KW - Health
KW - spatial competition
KW - markups
KW - hospital referral regions
U2 - 10.1080/00036846.2018.1467551
DO - 10.1080/00036846.2018.1467551
M3 - Journal article
VL - 50
SP - 5135
EP - 5141
JO - Applied Economics
JF - Applied Economics
SN - 0003-6846
IS - 48
ER -