Government cost containment policies, in particular,
fixed price reimbursement, has substantial influence
on the nature of market structure of the dialysis
industry and the ways dialysis facilities respond to
those policies as well as the facility performance of
efficiency. There exist however lack of information
on the relationships between the degree of market
competition, facility characteristics reflecting
differential behavior in achieving efficiency and
technical efficiency in producing dialysis treatments
in a non-price competitive market. This book
addresses the question "how do...