CONSOLIDATION IN HEALTH CARE MARKETS A Review of the Literature
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This paper surveys the literature about the recent consolidation of various health care markets. More specifically, we focus our attention on the consolidation of hospital, provider, and health insurance markets, and the impact of this consolidation on health care prices, costs, and quality, as well as the overall rate of growth of health care spending. Given the evolving nature of health care markets, we focus on the most recent research available.
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