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Better managed NHS trusts 'have better medical results'

18 February 2010

Hospitals with stronger management have better clinical results, according to a London School of Economics study. The LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance found that management was better where more ...

This article appeared in Public Finance on 18th February 2010 Link to article

Related publications
'Management Practices in the NHS’ by John Van Reenen, Nick Bloom, Carol Propper and Stephan Seiler, article in CentrePiece Vol 14 Issue 3 Winter 2009/2010

The research on management in manufacturing was detailed first in CEP Discussion Paper No. 716, March 2006

This paper has been published as: ‘Measuring and Explaining Management Practices across Firms and Countries’ by Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen, Quarterly Journal of Economics 122(4): 1351-1408
More recent work is in the latest issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives

Related links
John Van Reenen webpage
Nick Bloom webpage
Stephan Seiler webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage

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