CRA has provided economic assessments of competition in connection with several mergers of clinical laboratories. CRA has analyzed the degree of competition from hospital and physician-owned labs, the nature of bidding for capitated lab arrangements with providers, and the extent to which a national market exists for contracts with health plans exists.
Trends in competition in the United States: what does the evidence show?
Has the United States economy become less competitive in recent decades? One might think so based on a body of research that has rapidly become influential for...