An alternative approach to market definition in the antitrust analysis of hospital mergers

Çakmak, Fatih (2015) An alternative approach to market definition in the antitrust analysis of hospital mergers. [Thesis]

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Abstract

In this thesis, I first investigate the widespread methods used in antitrust investigations in the hospital markets. Then, pointing out their ineffectiveness in convincing the courts, I offer a metric called “competitive pressure rate” which is based on Google Maps travel time data as an alternative approach to market definition. I test the effects of the new metric on market prices by an OLS estimation applied to the data from California Office of Health Planning and Development. I provide strong evidence for the existence of correlation between geographic clustering of general acute care hospitals and hospital charges. In particular, I show that a one-unit increase in the competitive pressure rate for normal newborn services would have resulted in a price decrease of 0:71% in 2010 and 0:52% in 2012. This corresponds to annual savings of $9; 448; 000 in 2010 and $7; 582; 000 in 2012.
Item Type: Thesis
Uncontrolled Keywords: Hospital. -- Merger. -- Antitrust. -- Market definition. -- Hastane. -- Birleşme. -- Antitröst. -- Piyasa tanımı.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Economics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Depositing User: IC-Cataloging
Date Deposited: 23 Mar 2018 16:40
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2022 10:14
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/34325

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