Ownership, competition, and the adoption of new technologies and cost-saving practices in a fixed-price environment

Article Abstract:

For-profit hospitals and nonprofit hospitals handle increased prices for medical technology in different ways. For-profit hospitals provide less medical technology but better amenities while nonprofits are the opposite.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Research and Testing Services, Medical Research, Statistical Data Included, Economic aspects, Health care industry, Medical technology

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Does quality influence consumer choice of nursing home to nursing home transfers

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Nursing home residents and their proxies respond to quality of care by changing providers, Cox proportional hazards models were estimated using assessment data from the Minimum Data Set. The results provide some reassurance that consumers (or their proxies) reward quality in the market, and that changing care needs may initiate a search for alternative care.

Product quality, Nursing & Rest Homes, Nursing and Residential Care Facilities, Nursing and Personal Care Facilities, Consumer Behavior, Homes for Aged, Homes for the Elderly, Influence, Quality management, Nursing homes, Consumer behaviour

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Insurer's competitive strategy and enrollment in newly offered preferred provider organizations (PPO)

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A survey conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation showed that preferred provider organizations have become the prominent health plan by employer-sponsored insurance. The factors that influenced the growth of PPOs, as well as the competitive strategies that explain a vendor's decision to offer PPO to an employee group, are discussed.

HEALTH SERVICES, Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers, Preferred Provider Health Plans, Health aspects, Growth, University of Michigan, Preferred provider organizations (Medical care), Company growth, Report

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