Do hospital mergers reduce waiting times? Theory and evidence from the english NHS
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- Cirulli, Vanessa & Marini, Giorgia & Marini, Marco A. & Straume, Odd Rune, 2023. "Do Hospital Mergers Reduce Waiting Times? Theory and Evidence from the English NHS," FEEM Working Papers 337014, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM).
- Vanessa Cirulli & Giorgia Marini & Marco A. Marini & Odd Rune Straume, 2023. "Do Hospital Mergers Reduce Waiting Times? Theory and Evidence from the English NHS," Working Papers 2023.14, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
- Vanessa Cirulli & Giorgia Marini & Marco A. Marini & Odd Rune Straume, 2023. "Do Hospital Mergers Reduce Waiting Times? Theory and Evidence from the English NHS," Working Papers 19/23 Classification-JEL , Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
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Keywords
Hospital merger; waiting times; profit-orientation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2023-08-28 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EFF-2023-08-28 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-HEA-2023-08-28 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IND-2023-08-28 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-REG-2023-08-28 (Regulation)
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