Literature on the United Kingdom

Empirical

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Data Type

Croxson B, Propper C and Perkins A 2001 Do doctors respond to financial incentives? UK family doctors and the GP fundholder scheme Journal of Public Economics, 79 (2): 375-398 Panel
Damiani M, Propper C & Dixon J 2005 Mapping choice in the NHS: analysis of routine data British Medical Journal, 330: 7486 Cross-section
Hamilton B & Bramley-Harker R 1999 The impact of the NHS reforms on queues and surgical outcomes in England: evidence from hip fracture patients Economic Journal 109: 437-462 Pooled cross-section time-series
Propper C 1996 Market structure and prices: the responses of hospitals in the UK National Health Service to competition Journal of Public Economics 61(3): 307-335 Panel
Propper C, Burgess S & Gossage D 2003 Competition and quality: evidence from the NHS internal market 1991-1999 CMPO working paper Panel
Propper C, Burgess S & Green K 2004 Does competition between hospitals improve the quality of care? Hospital death rates and the NHS internal market Journal of Public Economics 88 (7-8): 1247-1272 Cross-section
Propper C, Croxson B & Shearer A 2002 Waiting times for hospital admissions: the impact of GP fundholding Journal of Health Economics 21 (2): 227-252 Panel
Propper C, Wilson D & Söderlund N 1998 The effects of regulation and competition in the NHS internal market: the case of general practice fundholder prices Journal of Health Economics, 17(6): 645-673 Panel
Söderlund N, Csaba I, Gray A, Milne R and Raftery J 1997 Impact of the NHS reforms on English hospital productivity: an analysis of the first three years British Medical Journal, 315: 1126-1129 Cross section & Longitudinal

Theory

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Year

Title

Reference

Beitia A 2003 Hospital quality choice and market structure in a regulated duopoly Journal of Health Economics 22: 1011–1036
Chalkley M & Malcomson J 1998 Contracting for health services with unmonitored quality Economic Journal 108: 1093-1110
Siciliani L 2005 Does more choice reduce waiting times? Health Economics 14: 17–23
Xavier A 2003 Hospital competition, GP fundholders and waiting times in the UK internal market: the case of elective surgery International Journal of Healthcare Finance & Economics 3: 25-51

Literature Surveys

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Year

Title

Reference

Glennerster H 1998 Competition and quality in health care: the UK experience International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10(5): 403-41
Marshall M 2002 The publication of performance data in the National Health Service NHS research paper (no longer available online)
Propper C & Wilson D 2003 The use and usefulness of performance measures Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 19 (2): 250-267