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Emerging issues in the antitrust definition of healthcare markets
Author(s) -
Dranove David,
White William D.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
health economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1099-1050
pISSN - 1057-9230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(199803)7:2<167::aid-hec336>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , purchasing , competition (biology) , business , health care , product (mathematics) , economic competition , marketing , market definition , industrial organization , economics , international trade , economic growth , market structure , medicine , ecology , geometry , mathematics , pathology , european union , biology
Managed care has shifted purchasing decisions from patients towards payers. While this shift has been associated with increased price competition in provider markets, we believe that it may enhance the potential for consumer injury from mergers in geographic markets previously considered immune to antitrust concerns (e.g. suburban components of large metropolitan areas). In addition, recent changes also increase concerns about mergers in product submarkets such as tertiary care. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.