Is vertical integration anticompetitive? Definitely maybe (but that's not final)

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 175-180

  Gaynor, Martin ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29244462840     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.10.004     Document Type: Editorial

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