According to Gaynor, Laudicella, and Propper (2011), Can you think of reasons why hospital mergers might lead to improvements in the quality of care for a given level of inputs (which is one measure of hospital productivity)? Learning by doing may be facilitated by hospital mergers. Large hospitals can achieve more specialization and consequently their costs of care may be lower.

According to Gaynor, Laudicella, and Propper (2011), Can you think of reasons why hospital mergers might lead to improvements in the quality of care for a given level of inputs (which is one measure of hospital productivity)? Learning by doing may be facilitated by hospital mergers. Large hospitals can achieve more specialization and consequently their costs of care may be lower.

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Chapter7: The Market For Health Insurance

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