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Private sector hospitals outperform public sector in Europe and North America

27 October 2010

Private sector hospitals perform better than public sector, according to a new report co-written by McKinsey and the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE. Management in Healthcare: Why good practice really matters is a seven country survey based on data from 1,196 hospitals in Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Sweden, Canada and the USA. It found that across all countries the private and not for profit sectors outperformed the public. But did they really? Maddeningly, report author Prof John Van Reenen at CEP said that patients differed between the two sectors: “private patients are likely to be wealthier and have fewer complications,” he pointed out. He said the study had tried to reflect this but that there was no way to accurately compare the two groups.

This article appeared in Healthcare Europa 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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