TY  - JOUR
AU  - Barro,Jason R.
AU  - Cutler,David
TI  - Consolidation in the Medical Care Marketplace: A Case Study from Masschusetts
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 5957
PY  - 1997
Y2  - March 1997
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5957
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5957.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Jason Barro
280 Beacon St . #54
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: 617/267-4139
Fax: 617/496-7167
E-Mail: jason.barro@post.harvard.edu

David M. Cutler
Department of Economics
Harvard University
1875 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA  02138
Tel: 617/496-5216
Fax: 617/496-8951
E-Mail: dcutler@harvard.edu
M1  - published as Jason Barro, David M. Cutler. "Consolidation in the Medical Care Marketplace,A Case Study from Massachusetts," in Steven N. Kaplan, "Mergers and Productivity" University of Chicago Press (2000)

AB  - This paper examines consolidation in the Massachusetts hospital market.  We find that consolidation is driven primarily by a large decline in the demand for hospital beds, resulting from increased enrollment in managed care and technological changes. The drive to consolidate appears through three primary forces: consolidation for closure; consolidation for economies of scale; and consolidation for network creation.
ER  -