ABSTRACT

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................30 Barriers to Free Market Competition in Health Care Delivery ........................................................ 32

Four Pillars of Health Care Economic Markets .......................................................................... 33 Regulatory, Reimbursement, and Technological Environment as Major Considerations for Competitive Market Landscape ........................................................................................ 33

Growing Tension in Health Care Services Markets ......................................................................... 33 Pressures of Market Competition versus Community Bene›t ....................................................34