Provider competition and healthcare quality: More bang for the buck?

• Autores: Michael L. Katz
• Localización: International journal of industrial organization, ISSN 0167-7187, Vol. 31, Nº. 5, 2013, págs. 612-625
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Public and private entities around the world are trying to induce the provision of higher-quality health care by adopting institutional arrangements intended to promote competition among care providers. I selectively survey and supplement the literature to show that an increase in competition�modeled either as a larger number of care providers or greater precision of signals available to consumers regarding provider quality�may result in lower equilibrium quality, holding prices fixed. These findings are an indication that considerable opportunities exist for industrial organization theorists to contribute to our understanding of healthcare markets.