The effect of physician and health plan market concentration on prices in commercial health insurance markets

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-26

  Schneider, John E ^a   Li, Pengxiang ^b   Klepser, Donald G ^c   Peterson, N Andrew ^d   Brown, Timothy T ^e   Scheffler, Richard M ^e  

^a Health Economics Consulting Group LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Health insurance; Health insurers; Health plans; Marke concentration; Market structure; Physician organizations; Price

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMERCE; CONTRACT SERVICES; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 47549107436     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-007-9029-4     Document Type: Article

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