The past decade has witnessed a new wave of hospital-physician integration, with the
fraction of hospitals owning any office-based physician practice increasing from 28% in …

Although competition is generally believed to improve quality, its impact on the Process of
Care (PoC)—which measures the timeliness and effectiveness of care—is less clear …

We develop a model including many features of health care systems: a limited number of
approved treatments of certain qualities, insurance schemes reimbursing costs of a standard …

This study examines whether hospital competition and system membership affect revealed
quality—quality as reflected in patients' choices—and clinical quality (measured by patient …

Although the role of competition in the health care sector has been extensively explored in
developed countries, evidence from China is limited. This dissertation comprised three …

Opinion statement Hospitals and pediatric practices may be under increasing pressure to be
publicly transparent about their quality and safety outcomes. In this review, we examine the …

This PhD dissertation provides empirical evidence on many aspects of the volume-outcome
relationship with regard to cancer care. In the first chapter, we explore the relationship …