The Impact of Hospital Consolidation: An Examination of Consolidating Hospitals and Their Rivals

Results from the multivariate analysis showed that for-profit hospitals had significantly higher costs and prices before consolidation and significantly lower costs and prices after consolidation. However, these post-consolidation price savings were mitigated by market concentration. Therefore, in highly concentrated markets, there was evidence that market power effects dominated efficiency effects. Conversely, rival hospital costs and prices changes in the third study did not vary significantly from match market hospitals.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2001

Author dc:creator

• Spang, Heather Radach

Contributors dc:contributor

• Arnould, Richard J.

• Health Sciences, Health Care Management

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9996685

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85684