The effect of physician-hospital affiliations on hospital prices in California

Federico Ciliberto; David Dranove

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.04.008

The effect of physician-hospital affiliations on hospital prices in California

Federico Ciliberto^*, David Dranove

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

During the 1990s, a record number of U.S. hospitals entered into some form of vertical combination with physicians. During the same period, many integrated hospital-physician arrangements broke up. Using data from California, we investigate whether such vertical activity affected hospital pricing. We find that neither integration nor disintegration was associated with significant changes in prices. Integration among rural hospitals is associated with large price decreases, but the sample of such hospitals is small.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	29-38
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Health Economics
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.04.008
State	Published - Jan 1 2006

Keywords

Hospital
Joint venture
Physicians
Vertical integration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics and Econometrics

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