University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Competitive Effects of Health Maintenance Organizations
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe rising cost of health care is a serious problem in the United States today. This thesis examines the competitive effect of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) on traditional providers of health care as a mechanism for cost control. First, a theoretical foundation for addressing the issue is provided. Three models of health care providers are developed: a dynamic model of an HMO; a model of a hospital providing services on a cost-based retrospective basis; and a hospital providing services to both charge-paying and cost-paying patients. From these models, two hypotheses emerge: (1) an increase in HMO presence in a market will lead to a decrease in hospital expenses; and (2) as HMO presence increases, the mix of hospital services provided will change, with a decrease in hospital inpatient utilization, and more reliance on less expensive ambulatory care.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Finance
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Krueger, Joan Alice
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8711822
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71525