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Competitive Potential Of Hospitals And Their Neighbors

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  • HAROLD S. LUFT
  • SUSAN C. MAERKI

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Despite many proposals to encourage health‐care competition, some underlying assumptions about providers—both physicians and hospitals—have not been examined. This paper attempts to measure the potential for hospital competition by asking a very simple question: What proportion of United States hospitals have neighboring hospitals within reasonable commuting distance? Distances between short‐term general hospitals can be calculated by using geographic coordinates for their addresses. According to data from 48 states and 6,520 hospitals, 47 percent of hospitals have no neighbors within 5 miles, and 77 percent have fewer than five neighbors within 5 miles. At a 15‐mile radius, the numbers drop to 23 percent and 62 percent, respectively. These results imply that the potential for competitive hospital markets might not exist in large portions of the country. National strategies are likely to be most effective in the few dense hospital markets located primarily in the Northeast and Pacific states.

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  • Harold S. Luft & Susan C. Maerki, 1984. "Competitive Potential Of Hospitals And Their Neighbors," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 3(2), pages 89-102, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:3:y:1984:i:2:p:89-102
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1984.tb00799.x
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    1. Esther Gal‐Or, 1999. "Mergers and Exclusionary Practices in Health Care Markets," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 8(3), pages 315-350, September.
    2. Schiavone, Ansel, 2023. "Labor market concentration and labor share dynamics for US regional industries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    3. Lu, Liyong & Pan, Jay, 2019. "The association of hospital competition with inpatient costs of stroke: Evidence from China," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 230(C), pages 234-245.
    4. Jill R. Horwitz & Austin Nichols, 2007. "What Do Nonprofits Maximize? Nonprofit Hospital Service Provision and Market Ownership Mix," NBER Working Papers 13246, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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