Journal article
Hospital competition, spillovers and provision of uncompensated care
Applied economics, v 51(31), pp 3401-3412
03 Jul 2019
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Abstract
Using data for California from 2005 until 2010, we investigate to what extent market competition and the presence of non-profits in the area may play a role in equilibrium uncompensated care (UC) levels, allowing those effects to differ according to the hospital's ownership type. Previous studies have not explored the potential spillover effects from non-profit hospitals into the hospital decision of UC provision. We find evidence that regions with more non-profits experienced larger increases in UC levels, and even more in less concentrated markets. Our results also indicate that UC provision by for-profit hospitals decreases the larger the presence of non-profits in the region, and this effect is magnified when competition is more intense. We, therefore, find no positive spillover effects of non-profits into the hospital decision of UC provision, which may help us to understand the recent trends in UC levels.
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- Title
- Hospital competition, spillovers and provision of uncompensated care
- Creators
- Luciana D. Costa - Univ Vale Rio dos Sinos, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilTeresa D. Harrison - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Applied economics, v 51(31), pp 3401-3412
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000463277200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85063077071
- Other Identifier
- 991019167596504721
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