Does corruption and the institutional characteristics of the contracting authorities affect the execution of healthcare infrastructures?
Purpose: This paper aims at contributing to the research on the role played by corruption in the health procurement by use non-parametric techniques to examine whether the efficient execution of Italian public contracts for healthcare infrastructures is affected by socio-economic variables (including the level of “environmental” corruption) in the area where the work is localised and by the institutional features of the contracting authority. Design/methodology/approach: A data envelopment analysis (DEA) is applied to a sample of 405 contracts during the period 2000-2005. Smoothed bootstrap techniques to calculate confidence intervals for the estimated efficiency parameters along with different non-parametric tests and kernel density estimates are used. Findings: Results show that “environmental” corruption negatively influences the performance of healthcare infrastructures. Furthermore, healthcare contracting authorities appear to be less efficient than other public bodies acting as procurers. Originality/value: The paper highlights the role of environmental corruption in the provision of healthcare infrastructures.
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2018
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Authors: | Cavalieri, Marina ; Guccio, Calogero ; Rizzo, Ilde |
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Journal of Public Procurement. - Emerald, ISSN 1535-0118, ZDB-ID 2168636-1. - Vol. 18.2018, 2 (04.06.), p. 148-164
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Emerald |
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