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

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

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Published inBMJ Vol. 343; no. oct07 2; p. d6470
Main Authors Bevan, Gwyn, Skellern, Matthew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 09.10.2011
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Benchmarking - organization & administration
Cash budgets
Competition
Econometrics
Economic Competition
Health Care Reform - organization & administration
Health Care Surveys
Health services
Hospitals, Private - organization & administration
Hospitals, Public - organization & administration
Humans
Inspections
Labor market
Market shares
Mortality
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Patients
Prices
Primary care
Quality
Reforms
State Medicine - organization & administration
Total Quality Management - organization & administration
United Kingdom
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary: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
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ISSN:0959-8138
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DOI:10.1136/bmj.d6470