Xavier Martinez-Giralt
Autonomous University of Barcelona
41 Papers
233 Citations
Xavier Martinez-Giralt is an academic researcher from Autonomous University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Competition (economics). The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 41 publications. Previous affiliations of Xavier Martinez-Giralt include Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
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Papers
Can price competition dominate market segmentation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed duopoly competition in a two-stage (location-price) game, while allowing each firm to establish a couple of outlets Both the circle and the line model of spatial competition are considered.
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Public and Private Provision of Health Care
TL;DR: Competition is influenced by the status of providers as in-plan or out-of-plan care providers, and normative conclusions on how price controls should be implemented in some European Union member states are derived.
Contractual design and PPPs for hospitals: lessons for the Portuguese model
TL;DR: Alternative configurations of contracts are explored and whether the equilibrium allocations attain the first-best solution is assessed, as part of the launching of PPP to build hospitals in Portugal.
Selecting health care providers: “Any willing provider” vs. negotiation
TL;DR: The main finding is that the decision of the third-party payer depends on the surplus to be shared, and when it is relatively high (low) the third party payer prefers the any willing provider system (negotiated solution).
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Health Economics: An Industrial Organization Perspective
Pedro Pita Barros,Xavier Martinez-Giralt +1 more
- 25 Jan 2012
TL;DR: This chapter discusses competition in Health Care Markets, for-profit and Nonprofit Organizations, and essential Concepts in Health Economics, as well as public and private provision.
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