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Daily catch-up: Winter crisis for the NHS ? Miliband and Burnham don't know how to fix it

29 January 2015

The Labour Party believes in reforming the NHS as much as in spending more taxpayers' money on it, and that the more independent providers of NHS services the better, if they can do a good job. ... It is also worth noting a new study by Professor John Van Reenen at the LSE, which finds that competiton from more hospitals leads to better NHS outcomes.

This article was published by The Independent on January 29, 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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