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| Title |
Does Hospital Competition Save Lives? Evidence From The English NHS Patient Choice Reforms*
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Economic Journal, July 2011
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| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02449.x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Zack Cooper, Stephen Gibbons, Simon Jones, Alistair McGuire |
| Abstract |
Recent substantive reforms to the English National Health Service expanded patient choice and encouraged hospitals to compete within a market with fixed prices. This study investigates whether these reforms led to improvements in hospital quality. We use a difference-in-difference-style estimator to test whether hospital quality (measured using mortality from acute myocardial infarction) improved more quickly in more competitive markets after these reforms came into force in 2006. We find that after the reforms were implemented, mortality fell (i.e. quality improved) for patients living in more competitive markets. Our results suggest that hospital competition can lead to improvements in hospital quality. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 120 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 49 | 41% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 8% |
| Finland | 3 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3% |
| Norway | 2 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Ecuador | 2 | 2% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 9 | 8% |
| Unknown | 38 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 81 | 68% |
| Scientists | 25 | 21% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 9 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 3% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 370 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 10 | 3% |
| Denmark | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 352 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 85 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 62 | 17% |
| Researcher | 49 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 6% |
| Other | 23 | 6% |
| Other | 65 | 18% |
| Unknown | 62 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 99 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 61 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 53 | 14% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 29 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 35 | 9% |
| Unknown | 79 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 146. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 February 2022.
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