？Por qué se limita la integración vertical en el sector salud en Colombia?

in colombia, the health industry is restricted from vertically integrating the health management organizations (eps) with the health service providers (ips) in order to avoid antitrust competitive conditions. however, the empirical evidence in this regard is inconclusive. this paper analyzes this antitrust hypothesis, contrasting it to the empirical and theoretical evidence at hand, and shows that vertical integration had no effect on eps competition in the period after the restriction on 30% contracting between both types of entities was enforced.