Economic studies showing positive competition effects on hospital performance fully controlled for the factors cited by recent critics
Cooper, Z., Gibbons, S.
, Jones, S. & McGuire, A.
(2012).
Economic studies showing positive competition effects on hospital performance fully controlled for the factors cited by recent critics.
Criticisms have been made of recent influential studies that show improving performance in hospitals operating in more competitive environments compared with hospitals that have a local monopoly on care. Zack Cooper, Steve Gibbons, Simon Jones and Alistair McGuire set the record straight. The claims by Pollock et al are based either on distortions of the original research, or on an apparent lack of understanding of modern economic analysis
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2012 The Authors |
| Departments |
LSE > Academic Departments > Geography and Environment LSE > Academic Departments > Social Policy LSE > Research Centres > LSE Health |
| Date Deposited | 18 May 2012 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/43781 |
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