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Free lunch: Competition may save your life

29 January 2015

As David Cameron lambasts Ed Miliband for allegedly wanting to ''weaponise'' the National Health Service in the election, new research gives the UK prime minister some ammunition of his own. LSE economists have measured the effect of competition in the public hospital sector. Their conclusion: ''Adding a rival hospital increases management quality ... and increases survival rates from emergency heart attacks.''

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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. Link
'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. Link

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

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