Literature on direct patient choice

Theory

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Siciliani L 2005 Does more choice reduce waiting times? Health Economics 14: 17–23

Empirical

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Tay A 2003 Assessing competition in hospital care markets: the importance of accounting for quality differentiation Rand Journal of Economics, 34 (4): 786-814 Cross-section
White W & Morrisey M 1998 Are Patients Travelling Further? International Journal of the Economics of Business 5(2): 203-221 Pooled cross-section time-series

Literature Surveys

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Title

Reference

Van De Ven, W 1996 Market-Orientated Health Care Reforms: Trends and Future Options Social Science and Medicine 43(5): 655-666
Van de Ven W & Schut F 2000 The first decade of market oriented health care reforms in the Netherlands Draft available online here