Measuring Hospital Competition

Bibliographic Data

ID9101308
AuthorsStephen L White, Stephen White (0000-0002-2112-1560, Preferred Family Healthcare, corresponding author), Thomas N Chirikos (University of South Florida)
Year1988
Volume26
Issue3
Pages256-262
Publication date1988-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-198803000-00003
PMID3258393
OpenAlexW2003999493
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited1

This paper appraises the use of the Herfindahl market share index as an exogenous competition variable in empirical studies of the hospital sector. An analysis of cross-sectional Florida data shows that this index itself is significantly influenced by the demand and supply factors commonly included in econometric models of hospital performance. The analysis then illustrates that biased inferences about the effects of market competition on the costs of hospital care may result unless the values of the Herfindahl Index are treated endogenously in hospital cost models

Competition (biology) · Econometric analysis · Econometrics · Economics · Herfindahl index · Index (typography) · Industrial organization · Market competition · Market concentration · Market share · Market structure · Microeconomics · Finance · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management

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