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Competition among hospitals boosts performance

30 January 2015

Competition among hospitals is linked to better quality management and lower death rate, suggests research published in The Review of Economic Studies. But competition on quality rather than price is likely to be key, say the researchers from the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance. They looked at 100 NHS hospital trusts in England (61 percent of acute care providers), interviewing a mixture of clinicians and managers in cardiology and orthopaedics to assess the impact of competition on hospital performance.

This article was published online by Onmedica on January 30, 2015
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Related publications
The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals, Nicholas Bloom, Carol Propper, Stephan Seiler and John Van Reenen, The Review of Economic Studies, January 2015.
'The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals', Nicholas Bloom, Carol Propper, Stephan Seiler and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.983, Revised November 2014

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

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