Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/93479 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4664
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
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.
Subjects: 
spatial lag
hospital ownership
spillover effects
panel data
JEL: 
C02
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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