patients who have greater scope for hospital choice, suggesting a role for patient demand in allocation in the hospital sector …

The conventional wisdom in health economics is that large differences in average productivity across hospitals are the …, however, we find that productivity dispersion in heart attack treatment across hospitals is, if anything, smaller than in … market shares at a point in time and are more likely to expand over time. For example, a 10 percent increase in hospital …

in the hospital sector than the one found in manufacturing, with gains coming mainly from within-hospital productivity …, accounting for quality and productivity. Production factors (capital, labor, energy, materials and drugs) contributed 70% (drugs … alone contributed 52 %), better health outcomes (higher quality) contributed 5 %, and better use of resources (productivity …

patients who have greater scope for hospital choice, suggesting a role for patient demand in allocation in the hospital sector …

The conventional wisdom in health economics is that large differences in average productivity across hospitals are the …, however, we find that productivity dispersion in heart attack treatment across hospitals is, if anything, smaller than in … market shares at a point in time and are more likely to expand over time. For example, a 10 percent increase in hospital …

patients who have greater scope for hospital choice, suggesting a role for patient demand in allocation in the hospital sector …