Antitrust issues in defining the product market for hospital services

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 181-202

  Sacher, Seth ^a   Silvia, Louis ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrust; Healthcare; Hospitals; Market definition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971229647     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571519884503     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. American Hospital Association. 1993. Hospital Statistics, Chicago: American Hospital Association.
2. Baker, J.B., 1988. "The Antitrust Analysis of Hospital Mergers and the Transformation of the Hospital Industry,". Law and Contemporary Problems, 51(2) Spring: 93–164.
3. Baker, J.B., 1997. "The Problem with Baker Hughes and Syufy: On the Role of Entry in Merger Analysis,". Antitrust Law Journal, 65(2) Winter: 353–379.
4. Dranove, D., Shanley, M., and White, W.D., 1993. "Price and Concentration in Hospital Markets: The Switch from Patient-Driven to Payer-Driven Competition,". Journal of Law and Economics, 36(1) April: 179–204.
5. Elzinga, K.G., and Hogarty, T.F., 1973. "The problem of geographic market delineation in anti-merger suits,". Antitrust Bulletin, 18(1) Spring: 45–81.
6. Elzinga, K.G., and Hogarty, T., 1978. "The problem of geographic market delineation revisited: the case of coal,". Antitrust Bulletin, 23(1) Spring: 1–18.
7. Keeler, E.B., Melnick, G.A., and Zwanziger, J., June 1997. "The Changing Effects of Competition on Non-Profit and For-Profit Hospital Pricing Behavior," ”. June, (mimeo)
8. Lynk, W.J., 1995. "Nonprofit Hospital Mergers and the Exercise of Market Power,". Journal of Law and Economics, 38(2) October: 437–461.
9. Melnick, G.A., Zwanziger, J., Bamezai, A., and Pattison, R., 1992. "The Effects of Market Structure and Bargaining Position on Hospital Prices,". Journal of Health Economics, 11(3) October: 217–233.
10. Simpson, J., and Shin, R., 1998. "Do Nonprofit Hospitals Exercise Market Power?,". International Journal of the Economics of Business, 5(2) July: 141–158.
11. Vistnes, G., 1995. "Hospital Mergers and Antitrust Enforcement,". Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 20(1) Spring: 175–190.
12. Vita, M.G., Langenfeld, J., Pautler, P., and Miller, L., 1991. "Economic Analysis in Health Care Antitrust,". The Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy, 7(2) Spring: 73–115.
13. Zwanziger, J., Melnick, G., and Eyre, K.M., 1994. "Hospitals and Antitrust: Defining Markets, Setting Standards,". Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 19(2) Summer: 423–446.