Abstract Certificate‐of‐Need (CON) laws limit the supply of healthcare services in about two‐
thirds of US states. The regulations require those who wish to open or expand their facilities …

Vertical integration of health systems—the common ownership of different aspects of the
health care system—continues to occur at increasing rates in the United States. This …

Background: The supply of US neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) beds and neonatologists
is known to vary markedly across regions, but there have been no investigation of patterns of …

Certificate-of-need (CON) laws are intended to restrain health care spending by limiting the
acquisition of duplicative capital and the initiation of unnecessary services. Critics contend …

Certificate of need (CON) regulations requires that health care providers obtain state
approval before offering a new service or expanding existing facilities. The purported goal of …

Background Recent mandates from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services require
United States hospitals to disclose health care service pricing. Yet, there's a gap in …

Background Certificate of need (CON) laws are state-based regulations requiring approval
of new healthcare entities and capital expenditures. Varying by state, these regulations …

We investigate how substance use Certificate‐of‐Need (CON) laws influence access to
substance use disorder treatment facilities in the United States. We use the National …

This paper investigates the impact of state-level Certificate-of-Need (CON) laws on COVID
and non-COVID deaths in the United States during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. CON laws …

Private providers play an important role in health systems in low-and middle-income
countries. In many such contexts, markets are characterized by a high number of relatively …