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Health Affairs, 22, no. 6 (2003): 88-100 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.22.6.88 © 2003 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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Competition & Consolidation

Critical Issues In Hospital Antitrust Law

Peter J. Hammer and William M. Sage

Antitrust litigation involving hospitals is common. This paper describes recent developments and underlying issues in antitrust law with respect to hospital–hospital relations, hospital–physician relations, and hospital–payer relations. A key unanswered question in each of these areas is how government regulation and public purchasing affect competitive markets for hospital services.

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