Does competition between hospitals improve clinical quality?: a review of evidence from two eras of competition in the English NHS

Bevan, Gwyn and Skellern, Matthew (2011) Does competition between hospitals improve clinical quality?: a review of evidence from two eras of competition in the English NHS. BMC, 343 (oct07). d6470-d6470. ISSN 0959-8138

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Gwyn Bevan and Matthew Skellern review evidence on the effects of hospital competition on quality of care within the English NHS and question whether they support government proposals to extend competition.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.bmj.com/
Additional Information:	© 2011 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Sets:	Departments > Management Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR) Research centres and groups > LSE Health
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2011 16:43
Last Modified:	08 Aug 2012 13:22
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/40065

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