Competition and waiting times in hospital markets

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1607-1628

  Brekke, Kurt R ^a   Siciliani, Luigi ^b   Straume, Odd Rune ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Competition; Hospitals; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049147583     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Barros P., and Olivella P. Waiting lists and patient selection. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 14 (2005) 623-646
2. Besley T., Hall J., and Preston I. The demand for private health insurance: do waiting times matter?. Journal of Public Economics 72 (1999) 155-181
3. Brekke K.R., Siciliani L., and Straume O.R. Competition and waiting times in hospital markets. CEPR Discussion Papers (2007) 6285
4. Chalkley M., and Malcomson J.M. Contracting for Health Services when patient demand does not reflect quality. Journal of Health Economics 17 (1998) 1-19
5. Cullis P., Jones J.G., and Propper C. Waiting and Medical Treatment: Analyses and Policies. Chapter 28. In: Culyer A.J., and Newhouse J.P. (Eds). Handbook on Health Economics (2000), Elsevier, Amsterdam
6. Dawson D., Gravelle H., Jacobs R., Martin S., and Smith P.C. The effects of expanding patient choice of provider on waiting times: evidence from a policy experiment. Health Economics 16 (2007) 113-128
7. Ellis R., and McGuire T. Provider behavior under prospective reimbursement: Cost sharing and supply. Journal of Health Economics 5 (1986) 129-151
8. Farnworth M.G. A game theoretic model of the relationship between prices and waiting times. Journal of Health Economics 22 (2003) 47-60
9. In: Ferguson B., Sheldon T., and Posnett J. (Eds). Concentration and choice in health care (1999), Royal Society of Medicine, London
10. Folland S., Goodman A.C., and Stano M. The economics of health and health care (2004), Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
11. Gravelle H., and Siciliani L. Is waiting-time prioritisation welfare improving?. Health Economics 17 (2008) 167-184
12. Gravelle H., Smith P.C., and Xavier A. Performance signals in the public sector: the case of health care. Oxford Economic Papers 55 (2003) 81-103
13. Hammond P. Altruism. In: Eatwell J., Milgate M., and Newman P. (Eds). The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics (1987), Macmillan, London 85-87
14. Iversen T. A theory of hospital waiting lists. Journal of Health Economics 12 (1993) 55-71
15. Iversen T. The effect of private sector on the waiting time in a National Health Service. Journal of Health Economics 16 (1997) 381-396
16. Jack W. Purchasing health care services from providers with unknown altruism. Journal of Health Economics 24 (2005) 73-93
17. Kessler D.P., and McClellan M.B. Is hospital competition socially wasteful?. Quarterly Journal of Economics 115 (2000) 577-615
18. Lindsay C.M., and Feigenbaum B. Rationing by waiting lists. American Economic Review 74 (1984) 404-417
19. Manning W.G., Newhouse J.P., Duan N., Keeler E.B., and Leibowitz A. Health Insurance and the demand for medical care: evidence from a randomised experiment. American Economic Review 77 (1987) 251-277
20. Martin S., and Smith P.C. Rationing by waiting lists: an empirical investigation. Journal of Public Economics 71 (1999) 141-164
21. Martin S., Rice N., Jacobs R., and Smith P.C. The market for elective surgery: Joint estimation of supply and demand. Journal of Health Economics 26 2 (2007) 263-285
22. Monstad K., Engesæter L.B., and Espehaug B. Patients' preferences for choice of hospital. HEB Working Paper No. 05/06 (2006), University of Bergen
23. Newhouse J.P. Free for All? Lessons from the RAND Health Experiment (1993), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
24. Olivella P. Shifting public-health-sector waiting lists to the private sector. European Journal of Political Economy 19 (2002) 103-132
25. Salop. Monopolistic competition with outside goods. Bell Journal of Economics 10 (1979) 141-156
26. Siciliani L. Does more choice reduce waiting times?. Health Economics 14 (2005) 17-23
27. Siciliani, L., in press. A note on the dynamic interaction between waiting times and waiting lists. Health Economics.
28. Siciliani L., and Hurst J. Explaining waiting times variations for elective surgery across OECD countries. OECD Economic Studies 38 (2004) 1-23
29. Siciliani L., and Hurst J. Tackling excessive waiting times for elective surgery: a comparison of policies in twelve OECD countries. Health Policy 72 (2005) 201-215
30. Siciliani L., and Martin S. An empirical analysis of the impact of choice on waiting times. Health Economics 16 (2007) 763-779
31. Tay A. Assessing competition in hospital care markets: the importance of accounting for quality differentiation. RAND Journal of Economics 34 (2003) 786-814
32. Xavier A. Hospital competition, GP fundholders and waiting times in the UK internal market: the case of elective surgery. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 3 (2003) 25-51