The effect of physician-hospital affiliations on hospital prices in California

被引：59

作者：

Ciliberto, F

Dranove, D

机构：

[1] Univ Virginia, Dept Econ, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA

[2] Northwestern Univ, Kellogg Sch Management, Dept Management & Strategy, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS | 2006年 / 25卷 / 01期

关键词：

vertical integration; joint venture; hospital; physicians;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.04.008

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

During the 1990s, a record number of U.S. hospitals entered into some form of vertical combination with physicians. During the same period, many integrated hospital-physician arrangements broke up. Using data from California, we investigate whether such vertical activity affected hospital pricing. We find that neither integration nor disintegration was associated with significant changes in prices. Integration among rural hospitals is associated with large price decreases, but the sample of such hospitals is small. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：29 / 38

页数：10