absence from work, we also consider effects on doctor/hospital visits and subjective health indicators. We also add to the … reform reduced the average number of days spent in hospital by almost half a day, but we cannot find robust evidence for …

This paper uses an unusual administrative dataset covering the universe of French hospitals to consider hospital … for a number of measures of hospital output. NFP hospitals serve as a benchmark, being very similar to Public hospitals …, but without political influence on their hiring. Public-hospital employment is positively correlated with the local …

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect …

. Multinational Companies (MNCs) operating in the hospital sector are gaining momentum and, as this paper reveals, they are not only … from rich developed countries. Through a case-study of three South African private hospital firms, the focus in this paper … and are today the leading global players in the hospital industry. …

Perinatal Reporting System we examine the contribution of maternal, birth/infant and hospital characteristics on the rise in the … age at birth, higher socio-economic status of mother and birth within a private hospital all increase the risk of …