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An economic concept of a market whereby all firms are not price takers, so that at least one firm’s behaviour can affect the market price. The market is usually characterised by at least one of the following: heterogeneous healthcare goods or services, imperfect information about market conditions, barriers to entry or barriers to exit from the market. See Heterogeneous product; Imperfect oligopoly; Monopoly; Perfect competition; Perfect oligopoly.