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The Impact Of Agglomeration Economies On Hospital Input Prices, Andrew Friedson, Jing Li
The Impact Of Agglomeration Economies On Hospital Input Prices, Andrew Friedson, Jing Li
Research Collection School Of Economics
This paper examines the extent to which agglomeration of the hospital service industry enhances the productivity of producing health care. Specifically, we use a large set of private insurance claims from the FAIR Health database to show that an increasing spatial concentration of hospital services results in a decreased cost of obtaining intermediate medical services. We explicitly test whether the reduced cost at concentrated locations arises from the ability to share intermediate service providers. The identification relies on state variation in medical lab technician licensure requirements, which influence the cost of intermediate services only through the cost of running a …
The Influence Of State Policy And Proximity To Medical Services On Health Outcomes, Jing Li
The Influence Of State Policy And Proximity To Medical Services On Health Outcomes, Jing Li
Research Collection School Of Economics
This paper examines two factors that help to explain geographic variation in health outcomes. The first factor concerns proximity to medical services. The second factor is state-specific health care policy that may impede access to nearby medical services. Four key findings are obtained. First, the effect of local doctors on reducing mortality rates of various diseases in a county attenuates with distance. Second, at approximately the same distance, in-state doctors contribute more to lowering mortality rates in the primary county than do out-of-state doctors. Third, the lesser impact of nearby out-of-state doctors is further reduced when the primary state adopts …