Regulating Hospital Prices Based On Market Concentration Is Likely To Leave High-Price Hospitals Unaffected

Concern about high hospital prices for commercially insured patients has motivated several proposals to regulate these prices. Such proposals often limit regulations to highly concentrated hospital markets. Using a large sample of 2017 US commercial insurance claims, we demonstrate that under the ma...

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Published in:	Health affairs (Millwood, Va.) Vol. 40; no. 9; pp. 1386 - 21
Main Authors:	Pany, Maximilian J, Chernew, Michael E, Dafny, Leemore S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE 01.09.2021
Subjects:	Action Antitrust Bipartisanship Competition Delivery of Health Care Economic Competition Health care policy Hospitals Humans Insurance Insurance claims Market concentration Market shares Markets Medicare Outpatient care facilities Patients Price regulations Prices Pricing Pricing policies Product differentiation Proposals Regulation United States United States United States > US
ISSN:	0278-2715, 2694-233X, 1544-5208, 2694-233X
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