Health Care Price Competition

Journal Article

Managing the Safety Net: Hospital Provision of Uncompensated Care in Response to Managed Care

Assesses the effect of increased price competition and stringency in Medi-Cal and Medicare reimbursement levels on uncompensated care delivered by California's hospitals.

Journal Article

Costs and Price Competition in California Hospitals, 1980-1990

This article speaks of competition as a direct strategy for containing costs.

Journal Article

California Hospitals Compete By Lowering Costs

This article suggests that in a market such as California, where HMOs and PPOs have gained widespread acceptance and excess hospital capacity exists, competitive market conditions can be leveraged to negotiate lower prices with health care providers.

Report

Informing Consumers about Health Care Costs: A Review and Research Agenda

Many proposals for containing health care costs emphasize the importance of strengthening consumers' financial incentives to shop for low-cost providers or choose efficient health plans.

Report

Cost-Sharing and the Patient's Choice of Provider

Consumer cost-sharing in health insurance is advocated by some as a means of containing rising health care costs. There is strong evidence that cost-sharing reduces the quantity of medical care demanded.

Report

Is competition the answer?

A discussion of proposals for more price competition in medical services delivery. The advocates of competition argue that competition among organized systems will lead to efficient production of medical services and may lower resources devoted to m...

Report

The Structure of Health Insurance and the Erosion of Competition in the Medical Marketplace

Analysis of the effect of nearly 100 percent insurance coverage on the concept of a competitive health care market. The author argues that such high levels of insurance permit prices and expenditures to increase at above average rates independent of ...

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Cheryl L. Damberg

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Brenna O'Neill

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Christopher M. Whaley