Does more choice reduce waiting times?
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Luigi Siciliani
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract This paper develops a model of the supply of elective treatments within a duopolistic market structure where patients can be referred to the hospital with the lowest waiting times. We investigate the effect of a higher degree of substitutability among the two hospitals on equilibrium su