/?ri?d??n?l??ze???n/ECONOMICS,POLITICSthe way that anareaof theworldcontainingseveralcountriesbecomesmoreeconomicallyorpoliticallyimportantthan theparticularcountrieswithin thatarea:Economists havenotedtheincreasingregionalization of differentpartsof theworldintotradeblocs.(Definition ofregionalizationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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regionalizationYetregionalizationwould reduce the number of providers performing surgery and therefore the amount of competition in local health care markets.From theCambridge English CorpusIn so far as we do not measure the cost benefits ofregionalization, our estimates are lower bound estimates.From theCambridge English CorpusThus, the multilateral process triggers theregionalizationof the negotiation process and hence is complementary to the formation of preferential trading agreements.From theCambridge English CorpusWhile we believe we chose a sensible price/concentration relationship from the literature, different estimated price/concentration relationships may have different welfare implications forregionalization.From theCambridge English CorpusAlthough inpatient mortality is likely to be lower afterregionalization, the procedure remains highly risky.From theCambridge English CorpusThe second term captures the possibility that either the new price or quality of care afterregionalizationinfluences the probability of electing surgery.From theCambridge English CorpusFurthermore, even if we had reasonable estimates of the cost changes associated withregionalization, incorporating that information into pricing estimates is problematic.From theCambridge English CorpusWhileregionalizationmay improve outcomes, it also reduces market competition, which has been found to lower prices and improve health care quality.From theCambridge English CorpusA significant reduction in hospital competition may very well erase the gains in consumer welfare fromregionalization.From theCambridge English CorpusThat is, on averageregionalizationincreases welfare; but consumers gain less than half of that improvement.From theCambridge English CorpusFirst,regionalizationcan increase consumer surplus but the benefits may be substantially less than implied by examining only the outcome side of the equation.From theCambridge English CorpusIn the same way as trade networks contribute toregionalizationof trade, policy networks among governments lead to a closer regional coordination of trade policies.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, the municipalities actually provide the ser vices and regulate medical equipment andregionalizationof ser vices.From theCambridge English CorpusThere has in fact been a 'regionalizationof the polity',30 which has significantly complicated the federal mosaic.From theCambridge English CorpusThey are sophisticated accounts of the conceptual framework of theregionalizationof state power and the struggle of minorities for autonomy.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/regionalization##
