Overlapping markets and quality competition among community health centers
Increasing competition does not harm quality of care at CHCs. A CHC appears to improve its quality if its competitors improved quality. The beneficial quality effect was less pronounced in CHCs providing a significant proportion of care to uninsured patients, suggesting lack of incentives faced by these CHCs.
Authors
- Kun Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3638-2974)
- Avi Dor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4475-4333)
Institutions
- Milken Institute (US)
- National Bureau of Economic Research (US)
- Duke University (US)
- George Washington University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14396
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.26
Funders
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality