Managed Care and Monopoly Power - The Antitrust Challenge

Informationen zum Autor Deborah Haas-Wilson Klappentext 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 hospitals, as the health care sector undergoes reorganization and consolidation. There are two tools to limit the growth of monopoly power: government regulation and antitrust policy. In this timely book, Deborah Haas-Wilson argues that enforcement of the antitrust laws is the tool of choice in most cases. Focusing on the economic concepts necessary to the enforcement of the antitrust laws in health care markets, Haas-Wilson provides a useful roadmap for guiding the future of these markets. Zusammenfassung In this timely book! Haas-Wilson argues that enforcement of antitrust laws is the tool of choice in most cases to limit the growth of health care sector monopoly power. Focusing on the economic concepts necessary to the enforcement of antitrust laws in health care markets! she provides a useful roadmap for guiding the future of these markets.

List of contents

Introduction 1 1 The Transformation of the Health Care System 10 2 The Current Treatment: A Strong Dose of Competition 36 3 Antitrust Policy in Health Care Markets 65 4 Market Definition in Health Care Antitrust Cases Involving Consolidation 90 5 Entry Barriers in Health Care Markets 127 6 The Effects of Horizontal Consolidation among Hospitals, Physicians, or Insurers 140 7 The Effects of Vertical Consolidation in Health Care Markets 161 Conclusion 184 Notes 193 Index of Organizations 233 Subject Index 235

Product details

• Authors: Haas-Wilson, Deborah Haas-Wilson, Haas-Wilson Deborah
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2003
• EAN: 9780674010529
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01052-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Economics, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, LAW / Antitrust, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, Hospitality and service industries, Health systems and services, Retail and wholesale industries, Service sector economics, Competition law / Antitrust law