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Do health insurers possess monopsony power in the hospital services industry?

This paper uses metropolitan data to test empirically if health insurers possess monopsony or monopoly-busting power on the buyer-side of the hospital services market. According to theory, monopsony power is indicated by a fall in output, whereas, monopoly-busting power is shown by an increase in ou...

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Autores principales: Bates, Laurie J., Santerre, Rexford E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17638072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10754-007-9026-7