DOI: 10.7664/CHE20140712
Market Structure, Medical Arms Race and Health Expense Growth:An Empirical Analysis Based on the Cross-province Data
YANG Xiao-sheng
LIU Hai-lan
LIU Rui-ming
Abstract：To analyze the relationship between hospital non-price competition behavior and market structure, analyze the relationship between hospital market construction and health care costs gtowth. Methods:Using cross-province data(SCP) theory to establish the regression function of health cost expenditure, hospital market concentration ratio and the occupancy of public hospital market, process the empirical analysis based on the two-factor effectiveness model of panel data. Results: There is no medical arms race in hospital business under the current market concentration. Conclusion: The reinforcement of market competition played a more important role in the improvement of operational efficiency rather than the differences in the nature of property rights and the profit of hospitals.
Keywords：market structuremedical arms racehealth expensetwo-factor effects
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 40-42 )