Journal
HEALTH POLICY
Volume 121, Issue 2, Pages 111-118Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.11.015
Keywords
Hospitals; Cooperation agreements; Merger control; Physician competition
Funding
- Health Foundation
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There are more than two thousand hospitals in France, about equally divided between government-owned and privately-owned hospitals. Activity-based payment, which has been generalized in 2008 for acute care hospitals, has raised competition issues as DRG tariffs differ according to ownership status. Furthermore, the payment rule has been criticized for preventing the realization of potential hospital synergies, and as a result a recent reform has mandated close cooperation between public hospitals. The physician market is dual, with most GPs being subject to fee regulation and many self-employed, private practice, specialist doctors being allowed to set their prices freely. Government regulation and centralized negotiations have traditionally been preferred to market mechanisms in this industry. (c) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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