| Literature DB >> 17084928 |
Glenn Melnick1, Emmett Keeler.
Abstract
US hospital prices are rising again after years of limited growth. We analyze trends in hospital prices during a period of significant price growth (1999-2003) to assess whether hospitals that are part of multi-hospital systems were able to increase their prices faster than non-system hospitals. We find hospitals that were members of multi-hospital systems were able to increase their prices substantially more than comparable non-systems hospitals (34% for large systems and 17% for small systems). Further, we find that the systems effect is not confined to hospitals that have other system member hospitals in their local markets. One possible explanation is that hospitals belonging to non-local multi-hospital systems have improved their bargaining position vis-à-vis health plans.Mesh：
Year: 2006 PMID： 17084928 DOI： 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.10.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Health Econ ISSN： 0167-6296 Impact factor: 3.883