Estimating hospital market pricing: An equilibrium approach using spatial econometrics

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-516

  Mobley, Lee R ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Excess capacity; Health market antitrust; Hospital competition; Spatial econometrics; Strategic pricing

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; METHODOLOGY; PRICE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037595299     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(02)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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