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

Spang, Heather Radach

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Title:	The Impact of Hospital Consolidation: An Examination of Consolidating Hospitals and Their Rivals
Author(s):	Spang, Heather Radach
Doctoral Committee Chair(s):	Arnould, Richard J.
Department / Program:	Economics
Discipline:	Economics
Degree Granting Institution:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree:	Ph.D.
Genre:	Dissertation
Subject(s):	Health Sciences, Health Care Management
Abstract:	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.
Issue Date:	2001
Type:	Text
Language:	English
Description:	125 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85684
Other Identifier(s):	(MiAaPQ)AAI9996685
Date Available in IDEALS:	2015-09-25
Date Deposited:	2001