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Free to choose? The impact of healthcare reform

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  • Martin Gaynor
  • Carol Propper
  • Stephan Seiler

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Has the introduction of greater choice and competition in healthcare in England led to improved outcomes for patients? The authors assess changes in the quality of care that hospitals provided for cardiac surgery patients following the mid-2000s reforms.

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  • Martin Gaynor & Carol Propper & Stephan Seiler, 2013. "Free to choose? The impact of healthcare reform," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 397, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    • Handle: RePEc:cep:cepcnp:397
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    Keywords

    Demand estimation; non-price competition; health economics; patient choice; health care reform;
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    JEL classification:

    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • L30 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - General

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