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dc.contributor.authorBrekke, Kurt R.
dc.contributor.authorChiara, Canta
dc.contributor.authorLuigi, Siciliani
dc.contributor.authorStraume, Odd Rune
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-21T11:57:24Z
dc.date.available2018-12-21T11:57:24Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2578632
dc.description.abstractWe study the impact of exposing hospitals in a National Health Service (NHS) to non-price competition by exploiting a patient choice reform in Norway in 2001. The reform facilitates a difference-in-difference research design due to geographical variation in the scope for competition. Using rich administrative data covering the universe of NHS hospital admissions from 1998 to 2005, we find that hospitals in more competitive areas have a sharper reduction in AMI mortality, readmissions, and length of stay than hospitals in less competitive areas. These results indicate that competition improves patient health outcomes and hospital cost efficiency, even in the Norwegian NHS with large distances, low fixed treatment prices, and mainly public hospitals.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherInstitutt for samfunnsøkonominb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDP SAM;28/2018
dc.subjectPatient Choice; Hospital Competition; Quality; Cost-efficiencynb_NO
dc.titleHospital Competition in the National Health Service: Evidence from a Patient Choice Reformnb_NO
dc.typeWorking papernb_NO
dc.subject.nsiSamfunnsvitenskapnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber35nb_NO


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