Expertise: Competition Policy, Health Economics, Incentive Design, Comparative Health Policy
Biography:Zack Cooper is a health economist working at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Zack’s work focuses on the impact of competition in hospital and insurance markets, incentive structure and payment system design. More broadly, he is interested in using market forces to create effective incentives within the public sector. Zack’s most recent work has examined the impact of patient choice and provider competition in the English National Health Service. He is currently looking at the impact of hospital and insurance market structure on provider reimbursement rates in the US and launching a project on comparative hospital performance.
In addition to his academic work, Zack has worked as an advisor and speechwriter to several policy-makers and politicians.
Zack writes regularly for the Huffington Post and he has published op-eds in the Guardian Newspaper. Zack appears frequently in the popular press, including on the BBC, Sky News, ABC, CBS and National Public Radio. Zack’s research has been cited in the Financial Times, the Times, the Independent, the Washington Post, the Evening Standard, the Economist, the Health Service Journal and the Guardian.
Zack did his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago and did his Masters and PhD at the London School of Economics.
To view Zack’s writing for the Huffington Post, click below:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zack-cooper
To view Zack’s writing for the Altarum Health Policy Blog, click below:
http://blog.altarum.org/
To view Zack’s writing for the LSE’s Politics and Policy Blog, click below:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/?cat=113
Affiliations/Professional activities with other institutions:
Selected Publications:
CEP Publications:
- Does Competition from Private Surgical Centres Improve Public Hospitals' Performance? Evidence from the English National Health Service
Zack Cooper,
Stephen Gibbons,
Matthew Skellern,
June 2016
Paper No' CEPDP1434:
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- The Price Ain't Right? Hospital Prices and Health Spending on the Privately Insured
Zack Cooper,
Stuart Craig,
Martin Gaynor,
John Van Reenen,
December 2015
Paper No' CEPDP1395:
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- Healthcare Reform: The US Policy Debate
Zack Cooper,
October 2012
Paper No' CEPUSA003:
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- Does Competition Improve Public Hospitals' Efficiency? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in the English National Health Service
Zack Cooper,
Stephen Gibbons,
Simon Jones,
Alistair McGuire,
February 2012
Paper No' CEPDP1125:
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This paper is an extension of CEP DP 988
- In brief: Competition in the public sector: good for the goose, good for the gander?
Zack Cooper,
June 2011
Paper No' CEPCP341:
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See also NHS Reforms: CEP Research Evidence and Policy Recommendations
- The NHS White Paper: evolution or revolution?
Zack Cooper,
November 2010
Paper No' CEPCP323:
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For further reading : 'Does Hospital Competition Improve Efficiency? An Analysis of the Recent Market-Based Reforms to the English NHS', CEP Discussion Paper No. 988, Zack Cooper, Stephen Gibbons, Simon Jones and Alistair McGuire (2010) (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0988.pdf).
- Does Hospital Competition Improve Efficiency? An Analysis of the Recent Market-Based Reforms to the English NHS
Zack Cooper,
Steve Gibbons,
Simon Jones,
Alistair McGuire,
June 2010
Paper No' CEPDP0988:
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- Health: Higher Spending has Improved Quality, But Productivity Must Increase
Zack Cooper,
Alistair McGuire,
April 2010
Paper No' CEPEA009:
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- Does Hospital Competition Save Lives? Evidence from the English NHS Patient Choice Reforms
Zack Cooper,
Steve Gibbons,
Simon Jones,
Alistair McGuire,
January 2010
Paper No' SERCDP0041:
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