For the greater Cincinnati area, the inpatient market shares of the largest five health systems (excluding pediatric
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For the greater Cincinnati area, the inpatient market shares of the largest five health systems (excluding pediatric care) are the following:
- The Christ Hospital: 10%
- University of Cincinnati Health: 14%
- TriHealth: 20%
- St Elizabeth: 14%
- Mercy Health: 22%
- Calculate the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI)
- Interpret the HHI value
- What do you expect to be the effect of the across-state merger between Mercy Health (Ohio) and Bon Secours (Maryland) announced on Feb. 21st 2018 on the market concentration in Cincinnati? Explain why.
- Recalculate the HHI if The Christ Hospital and St Elizabeth merge and get a combined market share of 24%. What do you observe? Does it make sense? Explain.
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