Managed Care and Monopoly Power : : The Antitrust Challenge / / Deborah Haas-Wilson.

As millions of Americans are aware, health care costs continue to increase rapidly. Much of this increase in health care costs is due to the development of new life-sustaining drugs and procedures, but part of it is due to the increased monopoly power of physicians, insurance companies, and hospital...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©2003
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Transformation of the Health Care System
  • 2. The Current Treatment: A Strong Dose of Competition
  • 3. Antitrust Policy in Health Care Markets
  • 4. Market Definition in Health Care Antitrust Cases Involving Consolidation
  • 5. Entry Barriers in Health Care Markets
  • 6.The Effects of Horizontal Consolidation among Hospitals, Physicians, or Insurers
  • 7. The Effects of Vertical Consolidation in Health Care Markets
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index of Organizations
  • Subject Index