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...Erwin A. Blackstone This article concludes that substantial excess neurosurgical capacity exists. Neurosurgery like other specialties has permitted almost free entry and as a result of such factors as high earnings and status, excess capacity has developed and because of insufficient competition...

... article by Professor Erwin Blackstone illustrates the use of market structure concepts in analyzing medical sector performance. Professor Blackstone characterizes the institutional arrangements for delivering neurosurgical services as a particular type of market structure (tightly-knit...

... payment mechanisms, and exclusive hospital arrangements for physicians. He has also published articles on excess surgical capacity, competition between osteo- pathic and allopathic physicians, the neurosurgical industry, and competition between dentists and denturists. In addition, he is coauthor...

... Lindolfo Carlos , Alecio Cristino Evangelista Santos Barcelos , and Botelho Ricardo Vieira . 2018 . “ The Effect of Posterior Fossa Decompression in Adult Chiari Malformation and Basilar Invagination: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis .” Neurosurgical Review 41 : 311 – 21 . US...

... Table 4 Technologies Assembled for a Cost-Effectiveness League Table • Hip replacement • Neurosurgical intervention for malignant intracranial tumors • Neurosurgical intervention for head injury • Neurosurgical intervention for subarachnoid hemorrhage • General...

... percent of the country’s general hospitals being affiliated with a university teaching program. Sub-specialization, accompanied by high technology, abounds: 22 percent of hospitals have neurosurgical facilities, 28 percent offer plastic surgery, and 16 percent possess facilities for coronary...