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Defining competition in markets: why and how?

A B Bernstein¹, A K Gauthier

¹Alpha Center, Washington, DC 20036, USA.

Health Services Research

|December 29, 1998

Summary

Measuring healthcare competition is challenging due to inadequate definitions of markets and competitors. Future research needs better data and definitions to accurately assess the evolving healthcare landscape.

Area of Science:

Health economics
Market competition analysis
Healthcare policy

Background:

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation convened a 1996 meeting to discuss the measurement of competition in the healthcare market.
Diverse stakeholders, including economists, policymakers, and industry players, have varied perspectives on defining healthcare markets and products.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the multifaceted perspectives on measuring competition within the healthcare marketplace.
To identify inherent complications in defining markets and products by various stakeholders.

Main Methods:

Discussion and synthesis of viewpoints from a 1996 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation meeting.
Analysis of stakeholder definitions of healthcare markets, products, competitors, and geographic areas.

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Main Results:

A consensus exists that current definitions and measures of healthcare competition are inadequate.
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The diverse applications of competition analyses further complicate the creation of a unified database.

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Future research must develop improved definitions for emerging healthcare structures and competition measures.
A public use data file, similar to the Area Resource File (ARF), is recommended to consolidate HMO, provider, employer, payer, and sociodemographic data.