Hospital Treatment Rates and Spill-Over Effects: Does Ownership Matter?

Badi Baltagi and Yin-Fang Yen
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Yin-Fang Yen: School of Public Administration, Southwestern University in Finance and Economics, China

No 165, Center for Policy Research Working Papers from Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Abstract: This paper studies the effect of hospital ownership on treatment rates allowing for spatial correlation among hospitals. Competition among hospitals and knowledge spillovers generate significant externalities which we try to capture using the spatial Durbin model. Using a panel of 2342 hospitals in the 48 continental states observed over the period 2005 to 2008, we find significant spatial correlation of medical service treatment rates among hospitals. We also get mixed results on the effect of hospital ownership on treatment rates that depends upon the market structure where the hospital is located and which varies by treatment type.

Keywords: Spatial Lag; Hospital Ownership; Spillover Effects; Panel Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2014-01
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