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This chapter provides a review of work done by economists in modelling the behaviour of hospitals under competition and draws on such empirical results as are available. It is written in a non-technical fashion and later sections draw on the literature review in order to make an assessment of the kind of constraining/regulatory environment that is likely to be suitable in a National Health Service (NHS) provider market following the implementation of the White Paper Working for Patients (Department of Health, 1989).
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Culyer, A.J., Posnett, J. (1990). Hospital Behaviour and Competition. In: Culyer, A.J., Maynard, A., Posnett, J. (eds) Competition in Health Care. Economic Issues in Health Care. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21052-7_2
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