We develop a new methodology for measuring management practices in hospitals, and use this in 182 interviews of … physicians and managers in public and private hospitals (covering 61% of English acute trusts). We find our management measure is … operational and financial outcomes. Management in publicly owned hospitals (the National Health Service) compares poorly with …

In this paper we examine the causal impact of competition on management quality. We analyze the hospital sector where … geographic proximity is a key determinant of competition, and English public hospitals where political competition can be used to … a greater number of neighboring hospitals) is positively correlated with increased management quality, and this …

hospitals in a geographical area. We find that higher competition is positively correlated with management quality, measured …We analyze the causal impact of competition on managerial quality (and hospital performance). To address the … government. Because closing hospitals in areas where the governing party is expecting a tight election race ("marginals") is rare …

In this paper we examine the causal impact of competition on management quality. We analyze the hospital sector where … geographic proximity is a key determinant of competition, and English public hospitals where political competition can be used to … a greater number of neighboring hospitals) is positively correlated with increased management quality, and this …

hospital capacities, capital, and funding by the statutory health insurance (SHI). This prompts hospitals to hire more … physicians, but with little impact on hospital outputs. As a result, total factor productivity (TFP) growth in hospital care …

hospital capacities, capital, and funding by the statutory health insurance (SHI). This prompts hospitals to hire more … physicians, but with little impact on hospital outputs. As a result, total factor productivity (TFP) growth in hospital care …

We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004 … change. The results show that, on average, Portuguese hospitals did not experience productivity growth during the period … analyzed. In addition, the incidence of positive productivity growth across Portuguese hospitals was remarkably low. …

hospital capacities, capital, and funding by the statutory health insurance (SHI). This prompts hospitals to hire more … physicians, but with little impact on hospital outputs. As a result, total factor productivity (TFP) growth in hospital care …

hospital capacities, capital, and funding by the statutory health insurance (SHI). This prompts hospitals to hire more … physicians, but with little impact on hospital outputs. As a result, total factor productivity (TFP) growth in hospital care …

show that they increase with firm's output and market size. We find that wage rises with firm's productivity, but fall with …