Abstract：
:Previous studies of hospital competition have found that greater competition leads to higher hospital costs. In this paper we report how the behavior of California's hospitals has changed since the introduction of programs intended to contain the rate of increase of hospital costs. Using data that cover the period preceding and following the introduction of these programs, we found that hospitals in more competitive markets have lowered their costs significantly.
journal_name
J Health Econjournal_title
Journal of health economicsauthors
Zwanziger J,Melnick GAdoi
10.1016/0167-6296(88)90018-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1988-12-01 00:00:00pages
301-20issue
4eissn
0167-6296issn
1879-1646pii
0167-6296(88)90018-5journal_volume
7pub_type
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