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Healthcare competition can improve management quality and save lives

25 November 2015

Money should follow patients and they need information and choice, write Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen
In work with Carol Propper and Stephan Seiler, we evaluate whether competition improves hospital quality, in particular by stimulating greater managerial effort. We do this in the context of the acute care hospitals in the NHS.

This article was published online by the LSE Business Review blog on November 25, 2015
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Related publications
Healthcare: How competition can improve management quality and save lives, Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen. Article in CentrePiece, Volume 20, Issue 2, Autumn 2015
The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals, Nicholas Bloom, Carol Propper, Stephan Seiler and John Van Reenen, Review of Economic Studies 82: 457-89

Related links
Nick Bloom webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Growth Programme webpage

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