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Author Haas-Wilson, Deborah.

Title Managed care and monopoly power : the antitrust challenge / Deborah Haas-Wilson
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages)
Contents The transformation of the health care system -- The current treatment: a strong dose of competition -- Antitrust policy in health care markets -- Market definition in health care antitrust cases involving consolidation -- Entry barriers in health care markets -- The effects of horizontal consolidation among hospitals, physicians, or insurers -- The effects of vertical consolidation in health care markets
Summary Annotation As millions of Americans are aware, health care costs continue to increase rapidly. Much of this increase is due to the development of new life-sustaining drugs and procedures, but part of it is due to the increased monopoly power of physicians, insurance companies, and hospitals, as the health care sector undergoes reorganization and consolidation. There are two tools to limit the growth of monopoly power: government regulation and antitrust policy. In this timely book, Deborah Haas-Wilson argues that enforcement of the antitrust laws is the tool of choice in most cases. The antitrust laws, when wisely enforced, permit markets to work competitively and therefore efficiently. Competitive markets foster low prices and high quality. Applying antitrust tools wisely, however, is a tricky business, and Haas-Wilson carefully explains how it can be done. Focusing on the economic concepts necessary to the enforcement of the antitrust laws in health care markets, Haas-Wilson provides a useful roadmap for guiding the future of these markets
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-231) and indexes
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Subject Medical care -- United States.
Medical economics -- United States
Managed care plans (Medical care) -- United States
Monopolies.
Antitrust Laws
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Care Sector -- legislation & jurisprudence
monopolies.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
Managed care plans (Medical care)
Medical care
Medical economics
Monopolies
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780674038110
0674038118
9780674010529
0674010523