Hospital Competition, Managed Care and Mortality After Hospitalization for Medical Conditions: Evidence From Three States

José J. Escarce, Arvind K. Jain and Jeannette Rogowski

No 12335, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This study assessed the effect of hospital competition and HMO penetration on mortality after hospitalization for six medical conditions in California, New York, and Wisconsin. We used linked hospital discharge and vital statistics data to study adults hospitalized for myocardial infarction, hip fracture, stroke, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, congestive heart failure, or diabetes. We estimated logistic regression models with death within 30 days of admission as the dependent variable and hospital competition, HMO penetration, and hospital and patient characteristics as explanatory variables. Higher hospital competition was associated with lower mortality in California and New York, but not Wisconsin. In addition, higher HMO penetration was associated with lower mortality in California, but higher mortality in New York. In the context of the study states' history with managed care, these findings suggest that hospitals in highly competitive markets compete on quality even in the absence of mature managed care markets. The findings also underscore the need to consider geographic effects in studies of market structure and hospital quality.

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Date: 2006-06
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Published as Escarce, Jose J., Arvind K. Jain, and Jeannette Rogowski. "Hospital Competition, Managed Care and Mortality After Hospitalization for Medical Conditions: Evidence From Three States." Medical Care Research and Review 63, 6 suppl (2006): 112S-140S.

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