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Health Insurer Market Power and Primary Care Consolidation
Economics Letters
  • Christopher Brunt, Georgia Southern University
  • John R. Bowblis, Miami University - Oxford
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2014
DOI
10.1016/j.econlet.2014.08.005
Abstract

This paper analyzes how health insurance market concentration impacts the market structure of primary care physicians. In more concentrated insurance markets, physicians are found to work in larger practices and their practices are more likely to have a hospital with an ownership interest. Physicians are also less likely to report being in a competitive physician market, consistent with practice consolidation. Our results suggest that consolidation in insurance markets impacts the competitive structure of physician markets.

Citation Information
Christopher Brunt and John R. Bowblis. "Health Insurer Market Power and Primary Care Consolidation" Economics Letters Vol. 125 Iss. 1 (2014) p. 61 - 65
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christopher-brunt/28/