Insurer Market Power Lowers Prices In Numerous Concentrated Markets.

Using prices of hospital admissions and visits to five types of physicians, we analyzed how provider and insurer market concentration--as measured by the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI)--interact and are correlated with prices. We found evidence that in the range of the Department of Justice's and...

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Published in:Health Affairs Vol. 36; no. 9; pp. 1539 - 1547
Main Authors: Scheffler, Richard M., Arnold, Daniel R.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Health Affairs Publishing, LLC Sep2017
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