Making choice work well in NHS adult hearing services: resources for commissioners

"Information and resources to help commissioners of NHS audiology services implement choice that works well for patients."

Making choice work well in NHS adult hearing services: resources for commissioners
Monitor
November 2015

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Competition and privatisation in the NHS

"In this briefing we consider seven key questions relating to the role of competition and the role of non-NHS providers within the NHS."

Evolution, revolution or confusion? Competition and privatisation in the NHS
E Spencelayh
The Health Foundation
March 2015

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NHS healthcare providers: working with choice and competition

"Being able to choose a provider can directly benefit patients. Effective patient choice incentivises providers to deliver higher quality and more efficient services than would otherwise be the case. For choice to be effective, patients need to be well informed about the options that are available to them. Patients need to know when they have choices, what choices are available, and how the different options compare."

NHS healthcare providers: working with choice and competition
Monitor
September 2014

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NHS procurement, patient choice and competition

"This briefing has been produced for peers ahead of a debate that is taking place in the House of Lords on Wed 24 April, following a motion by Lord Hunt of King's Heath to annul the revised regulations. It may also be of interest to other individuals interested and engaged in discussions surrounding the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act."

Parliamentary Briefing: NHS procurement, patient choice and competition: response to draft regulations
Nuffield Trust
April 2013

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Hospital quality competition under fixed prices

"The literature shows that more competition increases quality when providers are profit maximisers and marginal cost of treatment is constant."

Hospital quality competition under fixed prices: CHE Research Paper 80
H Gravelle, R Santos, L Siciliani, R Goudie
University of York
November 2012

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Competitive integration in the NHS

"Greater integration in healthcare will result in better outcomes for patients and a more seamless patient experience."

All together now: competitive integration in the NHS
H Featherstone, D Skelton, D Prior
Policy Exchange
October 2012

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Mental health and the market

"Understanding how the market in mental health works is critical – both for the development of future national policy, as well as for the implementation of existing policy relating to competition and choice."

Mental health and the market
NHS Confederation
October 2012

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Choice and competition in public services: learning from history

"This report identifies 11 general rules that current reformers should be aware of when introducing market mechanisms."

Choice and competition in public services: learning from historyT Gash, T Roos
Institute for Government
August 2012

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Delivering public services through markets

"Evidence from international and national research suggests that, under certain conditions, competition can deliver higher quality services and improve effi ciency while maintaining equity."

Delivering public services through markets: principles for achieving value for money
National Audit Office
June 2012

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Does competition improve public hospitals' efficiency?

"Our results suggest that competition between public providers prompted public hospitals to improve their productivity by decreasing their pre-surgery, overall and post-surgery length of stay."

Does competition improve public hospitals' efficiency? Evidence from a quasi-experiment in the English National Health Service
Z Cooper, S Gibbons, S Jones, A McGuire
Centre for Economic Performance
February 2012

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Competition in the NHS

"The NHS is far from being a competition-free zone, but the extent of competition remains confined to a minority of the services provided to NHS patients."

Competition in the NHS
Office of Health Economics Commission
January 2012

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Merger mania and hospital outcomes in the English NHS

"Given that mergers reduce the scope for competition between hospitals the findings suggest that further merger activity may not be the appropriate way of dealing with poorly performing hospitals."


Can governments do it better? Merger mania and hospital outcomes in the English NHS
M Gaynor, M Laudicella, C Propper
The Centre for Market and Public Organisation
January 2012

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The quest for efficiency in the English NHS

"A competitive, flexible approach to health care delivery will promote innovation, making it possible to learn from health care providers that adopt diferent approaches to delivery."

Competition, integration and incentives: the quest for efficiency in the English NHS
AM Garber
The Nuffield Trust
December 2011

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When and how provider competition can improve health care delivery

"The extent to which competition among providers can increase health care quality and control costs may depend on the clinical setting. The strongest impact may be in out-of-hospital care."

When and how provider competition can improve health care delivery
P Dash, D Meredith
McKinsey Quarterly
Source: Healthcare Payor and Provider Practice
November 2010

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