Do health insurance and hospital market concentration influence hospital patients' experience of care?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effects of insurance and hospital market concentration on hospital patients' experience of care, as hospitals may compete on quality for favorable insurance contracts.

Data sources/study setting

Secondary data for 2008-2015 on patient experience from Hospital Compare's patient survey data, hospital characteristics from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey, and insurance market characteristics from HealthLeaders-InterStudy.

Study design

Hospital/year-level regressions predict each hospital's patient experience measure as a function of insurance and hospital market concentration and hospital fixed effects. The model is identified by longitudinal variation in insurance and hospital concentration.

Data collection/extraction met

SUBMITTER: Hanson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6606537 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature