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Does hospital ownership affect patient experience? An investigation into public–private sector differences in England

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  • Pérotin, Virginie
  • Zamora, Bernarda
  • Reeves, Rachel
  • Bartlett, Will
  • Allen, Pauline

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Using patient experience survey data, the paper investigates whether hospital ownership affects the level of quality reported by patients whose care is funded by the National Health Service in areas other than clinical quality. We estimate a switching regression model that accounts for (i) some observable characteristics of the patient and the hospital episode; (ii) selection into private hospitals; and (iii) unmeasured hospital characteristics captured by hospital fixed effects.

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  • Pérotin, Virginie & Zamora, Bernarda & Reeves, Rachel & Bartlett, Will & Allen, Pauline, 2013. "Does hospital ownership affect patient experience? An investigation into public–private sector differences in England," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 633-646.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jhecon:v:32:y:2013:i:3:p:633-646
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.03.003
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    Keywords

    Patient experience; Public–private sector differences; Hospital ownership; National Health Service; UK;
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    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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