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Labour voters' NHS satisfaction levels rise

29 January 2015

Research by the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance was published in The Review of Economic Studies and involved 61% of all NHS providers of acute care in England. The study shows that adding one extra hospital in a neighbourhood significantly improves management, and reduces death rates by 8.8% - but concludes it is ''very unclear'' whether recent reforms would have a similar impact. Professor John Van Reenen said: ''The reforms of the mid-2000s that increased patient choice in an environment of high NHS investment seem to have benefited patients and staff. ''Allowing competition of public sector hospitals on quality, but not on price was important for this policy success''.

This article was published by the Western Morning News 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. 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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