Policymakers are increasingly designing policies that encourage patient choice and
therefore mobility across providers. Since prices are regulated (fixed) in most countries …

Through time, spatial competition has become the natural environment for studying a
number of problems, ranging from product differentiation to mail order versus traditional …

Interregional patient mobility in a decentralized healthcare system. Regional Studies.
Interregional patient mobility, measured as origin–destination patient flows between any two …

With the implementation of the patient-mobility policy and the development of intercity
transportation in China, interprovincial patient mobility has become an important …

With public services such as health and education, it is not straightforward for consumers to
assess the quality of provision. Many such services are provided by monopoly not-for-profit …

Increased disparities in income and health care expenditure across EU countries may lead
to an increase in patient mobility, which may, in turn, call for more action by the EU and its …

This study explores the behaviour of hospitals in Lombardy in attracting patients from
outside the region and investigates the effects on the quality of care to regional patients …

We study the effects of cross-border patient mobility on health care quality and welfare when
income varies across and within regions. We use a Salop model with a high-, middle-, and …

We study inter‐regional migration flows due to hospital admissions and focus on the impact
of migration beaten paths. We estimate a gravity model applied to Italian data for the period …

The misallocation of medical resources leads to interregional patient flow in search of better
healthcare. Using out-of-pocket medical expenditure data and a delineating method, this …