UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Working Paper Hospital Quality and Patient Choice: An Empirical Analysis of Mitral Valve Surgury Guihua Wang Stephen M. Ross School of Business University of Michigan Jun Li Stephen M. Ross School of Business University of Michigan Franco L. Fazzalari University of Michigan Hospitals Wallace J. Hopp Stephen M. Ross School of Business University of Michigan Steven F. Bolling University Hospitals Ross School of Business Working Paper Working Paper No. 1291 October 2015 This work cannot be used without the author's permission. This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Sciences Research Network Electronic Paper Collection: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2679064