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  • Title: Hospital competition in major U.S. metropolitan areas: empirical evidence.
    Author: Rivers PA, Glover S, Munchus G.
    Journal: J Health Hum Serv Adm; 2000; 23(1):37-49. PubMed ID: 11269203.
    Abstract:
    In response to dramatic rises in health care costs, policy-makers have been debating the relative merits of competitive strategies as a means of containing costs. This article represents a study of the 29 largest MSAs for 1991. Controlling for environmental conditions in each market, the impact of competition on hospital costs was examined. Competition was found to have had a significant positive impact on overall hospital costs.
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