Vertical Structures and Control in Health Care Markets: A Conceptual Framework and Empirical Review

Dr. Conrad is Professor, Department of Health Services, and Director, Graduate Program in Health Services Administration, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Dr. Mick is Associate Professor and Head, Division of Health, Finance and Management, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Dr. Madden is Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Health Services Administration and Director, Health Policy Analysis Program, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington. Dr. Hoare is Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Health Services Administration, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington. ~

[1]  D. Starkweather.  Hospital mergers in the making , 1981 .

[2]  J. Carman,et al.  The Limits of Power in Hospital Markets , 1988, Medical care review.

[3]  Clément Jp.  Vertical integration and diversification of acute care hospitals: conceptual definitions. , 1988 .

[4]  G. Stigler.  The Theory of Price , 1948 .

[5]  M. Porter,et al.  How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage , 1985 .

[6]  E. Trist,et al.  The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments , 1965 .

[7]  R E Miles,et al.  Organizational strategy, structure, and process. , 1978, Academy of management review. Academy of Management.

[8]  G. de Lissovoy,et al.  The state of PPOs: results from a national survey. , 1985, Health affairs.

[9]  J. McGee,et al.  The new environment for rural HMOs. , 1986, Health affairs.

[10]  Bice Mo.  Corporate cultures and business strategy: a health management company perspective. , 1984 .

[11]  Paul Starr.  The social transformation of American medicine , 1983 .

[12]  G. Omenn,et al.  Implications of DRGs for clinicians. , 1984, The New England journal of medicine.

[13]  M. Porter.  Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance , 1985 .

[14]  Henry Mintzberg,et al.  The Structuring of Organizations , 1979 .

[15]  O. Williamson.  Transaction-Cost Economics: The Governance of Contractual Relations , 1979, The Journal of Law and Economics.

[16]  David Mechanic,et al.  Sources of Power of Lower Participants in Complex Organizations , 1962 .

[17]  S. Shortell,et al.  Hospital-physician vertical integration. , 1986, Hospital & health services administration.

[18]  O. Williamson,et al.  Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust Implications. , 1977 .

[19]  Jay R. Galbraith,et al.  Strategy implementation : structure, systems, and process , 1986 .

[20]  James D. Thompson.  Organizations in Action , 1967 .

[21]  Deal Te,et al.  How to create an outstanding hospital culture. , 1983 .

[22]  Zuckerman Hs.  Multi-institutional systems: promise and performance. , 1979 .

[23]  M. Morrisey,et al.  Redefining the hospital-physician relationship under prospective payment. , 1986, Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing.

[24]  L. Goldberg,et al.  The determinants of HMO enrollment and growth. , 1981, Health services research.

[25]  S. Shortell,et al.  Hospital-sponsored primary care: I. Organizational and financial effects. , 1984, American journal of public health.

[26]  Alfred D. Chandler,et al.  The Visible Hand , 1977 .

[27]  L. Smircich.  Concepts of Culture and Organizational Analysis. , 1983 .

[28]  B. Klein,et al.  Vertical Integration, Appropriable Rents, and the Competitive Contracting Process , 1978, The Journal of Law and Economics.

[29]  M C Hornbrook,et al.  Health Care Episodes: Definition, Measurement and Use , 1985, Medical care review.

[30]  Richard L. Daft,et al.  Organization Theory and Design , 1983 .

[31]  H. Luft.  Health Maintenance Organizations: Dimensions of Performance , 1981 .

[32]  L. Vogel,et al.  Strategy and Structure , 1986 .

[33]  Scott Wr,et al.  Managing professional work: three models of control for health organizations. , 1982 .

[34]  Robert H. Waterman,et al.  Structure is not organization , 1980 .

[35]  George J. Stigler,et al.  The Organization of Industry , 1969 .

[36]  Mark V. Pauly,et al.  The Not-For-Profit Hospital as a Physicians' Cooperative , 1973 .

[37]  David Hall,et al.  Strategy follows structure , 1980 .

[38]  H. Berman,et al.  The Financial Management of Hospitals , 1977 .

[39]  D. Daryl Wyckoff,et al.  Management of service operations: Text, cases, and readings , 1978 .

[40]  D. Ermann,et al.  Multihospital systems: issues and empirical findings. , 1984, Health affairs.

[41]  R. Coase.  The Nature of the Firm , 1937 .

[42]  W. Ouchi.  A Conceptual Framework for the Design of Organizational Control Mechanisms , 1979 .