Roger D. Blair (University of Florida), Christine Piette Durrance, Tirza J. Angerhofer (North Carolina Duke University)

Antitrust Policy in Health Care Markets

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is aimed at anyone who is concerned about the lack of competition in health care markets and the steadily rising cost of health care in the United States. It integrates principles of economics and antitrust policy to explain how monopoly and monopsony contribute to soaring health care costs in the US and explores antitrust remedies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 772g
• ISBN-13: 9781009096492
• ISBN-10: 1009096494
• Artikelnr.: 63693020

Autorenporträt

Roger D. Blair is Professor of Economics at the University of Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Health care markets and competition policy
2. Antitrust policy in the United States
Section I. Monopoly: 3 Patents and monopoly pricing of pharmaceuticals
4. Patents and exclusionary product hopping
5. Bundled discounts and peace health
Section II. Seller Cartels: 6. Collusion in health care markets
7. Collusion in generic drug markets
8. The hatch-waxman act, patent infringement suits, and reverse payments
Appendix
The economics of settlements
9. The alleged insulin conspiracy
10. Licensing of health care professionals
Section III. Monopsony: 11. Monopsony, dominant buyers, and oligopsony
12. Countervailing power - physician collective bargaining
13. Group purchasing organizations, monopsony, and antitrust policy
Section IV. Buyer Cartels: 14. Collusion in the nurse labor market
15. Collusion in the oocyte market
16. No-Poaching agreements and antitrust policy
Section V. Mergers and Acquisitions: 17. The economics of horizontal mergers
18. Horizontal merger policy
19. The economic theory of vertical integration
20. Vertical merger policy
21. Concluding remarks.