 | DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE |  | FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION |
Improving Health Care:
A Dose of Competition 
A Report by
the Federal Trade Commission
and the Department of Justice July 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Federal Trade Commission
| TIMOTHY J. MURIS | Chairman | | MOZELLE W. THOMPSON | Commissioner | | ORSON SWINDLE | Commissioner | | THOMAS B. LEARY | Commissioner | | PAMELA JONES HARBOUR | Commissioner | | | | Susan A. Creighton | Director, Bureau of Competition | | J. Howard Beales, III | Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection | | Luke Froeb | Director, Bureau of Economics | | William E. Kovacic | General Counsel | | Rosemarie Straight | Executive Director | | Anna H. Davis | Director, Office of Congressional Relations |
Report Drafters:
David A. Hyman, Special Counsel and Professor of Law and Medicine, University of Illinois
Sarah M. Mathias, Office of General Counsel for Policy Studies
Patricia Schultheiss, Bureau of Competition
Matthew Bye, Office of General Counsel for Policy Studies
Cecile T. Kohrs, Office of General Counsel for Policy Studies
Gail Levine, Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Policy Studies
Michael Wroblewski, Assistant General Counsel for Policy Studies
Susan DeSanti, Deputy General Counsel for Policy Studies
Nicole Gorham, Office of General Counsel for Policy Studies
Natalie Shonka, Office of General Counsel for Policy Studies Report Contributors:
Alden F. Abbott, Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition
Jeffrey Brennan, Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition
J. Elizabeth Callison, Bureau of Economics
Michael Cowie, formerly Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition
Philip Eisenstat, Deputy Assistant Director, Bureau of Competition
Mark Frankena, Deputy Director for Antitrust, Bureau of Economics
Elizabeth R. Hilder, Bureau of Competition
Thomas Krattenmaker, Bureau of Competition
Judith M. Moreland, Bureau of Competition
David Narrow, Bureau of Competition
Thomas Pahl, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Paul A. Pautler, Deputy Director for Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics
Lee Peeler, Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Michael Vita, Assistant Director, Bureau of Economics
Oscar Voss, Bureau of Competition
John Wiegand, Bureau of Competition Inquiries concerning this report should be directed to:
Sarah Mathias (202) 326-3254 or smathias@ftc.gov (Office of General Counsel, Policy Studies)
Antitrust Division
U.S. Department of Justice
| R. HEWITT PATE | Assistant Attorney General | | | | Thomas O. Barnett | Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Enforcement | | Makan Delrahim | Deputy Assistant Attorney General for International, Policy, and Appellate Matters | | James M. Griffin | Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement | | David A. Higbee | Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant Attorney General | | J. Bruce McDonald | Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Regulatory Matters | | David S. Sibley | Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economic Analysis | | Scott D. Hammond | Director of Criminal Enforcement | | J. Robert Kramer II | Director of Operations | | Kenneth Heyer | Economic Director of Enforcement | | Dorothy B. Fountain | Deputy Director of Operations |
Report Contributors
Mark J. Botti, Chief, Litigation I Section
Robert A. Potter, Chief, Legal Policy Section
Elizabeth J. Armington, Assistant Chief, Economic Litigation Section
Edward D. Eliasberg, Jr., Attorney, Legal Policy Section
Leslie C. Overton, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General
David C. Kelly, Attorney, Litigation I Section
Michael S. Spector, Attorney, Litigation I Section
Julia Knoblauch, Paralegal, Litigation I Section
William E. Berlin, formerly Attorney, Litigation I Section
Deborah A. Healy, Economist, Economic Litigation Section
Kenneth Danger, formerly Economist, Competition Policy Section
Jon B. Jacobs, Attorney, Litigation I Section
Steven B. Kramer, Attorney, Litigation I Section
Richard S. Martin, Attorney, Litigation I Section
Belinda A. Barnett, Senior Counsel to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement Inquiries concerning this report should be directed to: Mark J. Botti, Chief, Litigation I Section
(202) 307-0001 or Mark.Botti@usdoj.gov
Acknowledgments: The Agencies wish to note the expertise and time contributed by Hearings participants. For all of their contributions, the Agencies convey their thanks. The Agencies appreciate the willingness of agencies and individuals to review this report in advance of publication. The Agencies thank the following agencies and individuals for their review of this report: the Department of Health & Human Services (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; and the Offices of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation and the General Counsel); Department of Commerce; Department of Labor; Office of Management and Budget; the National Economic Council; William S. Brewbaker, III, University of Alabama; H.E. Frech, III, University of California, Santa Barbara; Paul B. Ginsburg, Center for Studying Health System Change; Michael A. Morrisey, University of Alabama; and William M. Sage, Columbia University. Cover: Cover graphics obtained under license from Dynamic Graphics, Inc.
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