TY  - JOUR
T1  - OVercoming the pricing power of hospitals
AU  - Kocher B, Emanuel EJ
Y1  - 2012/09/26
N1  - 10.1001/2012.jama.11910
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1213
EP  - 1214
VL  - 308
IS  - 12
N2  - 
This model has been successful because large businesses must select health plans that satisfy the physician and hospital preferences for hundreds if not thousands of employees. Consequently, employers opt for broad and inclusive networks. This reduces their bargaining power, forcing employers to become price takers and tolerate 8% to 10% year-on-year increases in hospital prices.1

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/2012.jama.11910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2012.jama.11910
ER  -