Competition policy for health care provision in France

•More than two thousand public and private hospitals operate in France.•Government reports argue that activity-based payment and competition impede synergies between hospitals.•An important reform coming into effect in January 2016 mandates close cooperation between public hospitals.•GP fees are set...

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Published in:	Health policy (Amsterdam) Vol. 121; no. 2; pp. 111 - 118
Main Author:	Choné, Philippe
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.02.2017 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Acute services Central government Competition Competition policy Cooperation Cooperation agreements Cooperative Behavior Diagnosis-Related Groups - economics Economic Competition - economics France Government Regulation Health care Health care policy Health Care Reform Health Expenditures Health Personnel - economics Health Policy Health services Hospitals Hospitals, Private - economics Hospitals, Public - economics Humans Internal Medicine Markets Merger control Ownership Physician competition Physicians Prices Private Practice - economics Reforms Regulation Rules Self control Self employment Tariffs France Merger control Physician competition Hospitals Cooperation agreements
ISSN:	0168-8510, 1872-6054, 1872-6054
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