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How to save lives

22 October 2010

Steven Morgan of McKinsey and John Van Reenen of LSE have studied 1,200 hospitals to see which are the best managed and the practices that common to the best. They found five characteristics shared by well-run hospitals, including competition.

This article appeared in The Economist on October 22, 2010
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Related publications
‘Management in Healthcare: Why Good Practice Really Matters’. Report from McKinsey & Company and the Centre for Economic Performance, October 2010. Authors: Nicholas Bloom, Rebecca Homkes, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen.
Management practices in the NHS, CentrePiece 14 (3), Winter 2010 pages 16-19, by Nick Bloom, Carol Propper, Stephan Seiler and John Van Reenen

Related links
Nicholas Bloom webpage
Rebecca Homkes webpage
Raffaella Sadun webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Management Practices and Organisational Structures Research webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage

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