Does Hospital Competition Improve Efficiency? An Analysis of the Recent Market-Based Reforms to the English NHS
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- Cooper, Zack & Gibbons, Stephen & Jones, Simon & McGuire, Alistair, 2010. "Does hospital competition improve efficiency? An analysis of the recent market-based reforms to the English NHS," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 28578, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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Keywords
Hospital Competition; Market Structure; Prospective Payment; Incentive Structure;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
- R0 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2010-07-10 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EUR-2010-07-10 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HEA-2010-07-10 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IND-2010-07-10 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-REG-2010-07-10 (Regulation)
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