Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital market with regulated prices, considering both the effect of free patient choice (monopoly versus competition) and increased competition through lower transportation costs (increased substitutability). With partially altruistic providers an...

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Main Author: Brekke, Kurt R. (author)
Other Authors: Siciliani, Luigi (author), Straume, Odd Rune (author)
Format: workingPaper
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/7715
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/7715