Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1
  • Examining the Impact of Healthcare Consolidation(
  • Opening Statement of Hon. Gregg Harper, a Representative in Congress from the State of Mississippi
  • Prepared Statement of Hon. Gregg Harper
  • Opening Statement of Hon. Diana Degette, a Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado
  • Prepared Statement of Hon. Diana Degette
  • Opening Statement of Hon. Greg Walden, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oregon
  • Prepared Statement of Hon. Greg Walden
  • Opening Statement of Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey
  • Prepared Statement of Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr.
  • Statements of Martin Gaynor, Ph. D., E.J. Barone University Professor of Economics and Health Policy, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Leemore S. Dafny, Ph. D., Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
  • And ...
  • Statement of Martin Gaynor
  • Examining the Impact of Health Care Consolidation, Statement before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Summary of Statement
  • Statement
  • 1. My Background
  • 2. Introduction
  • 3. Consolidation
  • 3.1. Hospitals
  • 3.2. Physicians
  • 3.3. Insurers
  • 4. Evidence on the Impacts of Consolidation
  • 4.1. Impacts on Prices
  • 4.1.1. Hospitals
  • 4.1.2. Physicians
  • 4.1.3. Insurers
  • 4.2. Impacts on Quality
  • 4.2.1. Hospitals
  • 4.2.2. Physicians
  • 4.3. Impacts on Costs, Coordination, Quality
  • 5. Policies to Make Health Care Markets Work
  • Bibliography
  • Statement of Leemore S. Dafny
  • Testimony of Leemore S. Dafny, Ph. D., Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investig ...
  • Introduction
  • I. Preface: Defining Consolidation and the Scope of the Healthcare Sector
  • II. The Facts: Where Consolidation Has Occurred, and What We Know About Its Effects
  • II. A. Horizontal Consolidation
  • II. A.1. Hospitals
  • II. A.2. Physicians
  • II. A.3. Health Insurers
  • II. B. Non-Horizontal Consolidation
  • II. B.1. "Cross-Market" Hospital Consolidation
  • II. B.2. Hospital-Physician Consolidation
  • III. The Reasons: Why Consolidation Is Occurring
  • IV. The Responses: Current Responses of the Private and Public Sectors to Consolidation
  • IV. A. Public Sector Responses
  • IV. A.1. Antitrust Enforcement
  • IV. A.2. State Agencies and Actions
  • IV. B. Private Sector Responses
  • V. Recommendations: What Else Could Be Done?
  • Statement of Kevin A. Schulman