Hospital Mergers and Competitive Effects: Two Retrospective Analyses

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-32

  Haas Wilson, Deborah ^a   Garmon, Christopher ^b  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust Policy; Competition in Markets for Health Care Services; Hospital Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951732948     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571516.2011.542952     Document Type: Article

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