Hospital value-based purchasing, market competition, and outpatient imaging efficiency

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Department of Health Administration, Brooks College of Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA; Management Engineering and Internal Consulting, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA; Defense Health Agency Supporting Navy, San Antonio, TX, USA; Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA Contributions: (I) Conception and design: M Zhao, DR Haley, A Spaulding; (II) Administrative support: K Pray, DR Haley, P Heyliger-Fonseca; (III) Provision of study materials or patients: M Zhao, HY Hamadi, A Spaulding, P Heyliger-Fonseca; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: HY Hamadi, M Zhao, A Spaulding, K Pray; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: M Zhao, HY Hamadi; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. Correspondence to: Hanadi Y. Hamadi, PhD, MHA. Associate Professor, Department of Health Administration, Brooks College of Health, University of North Florida, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224-7699, USA. Email: h.hamadi@unf.edu.