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UK hospitals are better managed than counterparts in Canada, France, Germany and Italy but not the US, report says

27 October 2010

Hospitals in the United Kingdom are “better managed” than their counterparts in several European countries and Canada, new research concludes. It also says that private sector organisations perform best overall across the countries. John Van Reenan, director of the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, said, “For the UK, having more clinically trained managers should be a priority.” Rebecca Homkes, project director for the Centre for Economic Performance, said that the study found better management scores in the private sector generally, not just in the UK.

This article appeared in the British Medical Journal on October 27, 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
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
Nick Bloom webpage
Rebecca Homkes webpage
Raffaella Sadun webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Management and Organisational Structures research webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage

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