Productivity in UK healthcare during and after the Covid-19 pandemic

Diane Coyle, Kaya Dreesbeimdieck () and Annabel Manley ()
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Kaya Dreesbeimdieck: University of Cambridge
Annabel Manley: Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge

No 2, Working Papers from The Productivity Institute

Abstract: Measured health output in the UK has declined sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the evident increase in some National Health Service (NHS) activities such as critical care, and the new test and trace and vaccination programmes. We identify the measurement methods applied to public services that explain the measured decline, and also explore the likely impact of changes in hospital practices during the pandemic, including increased use of technology, on healthcare productivity. We find that within NHS England the capacity constraints have contributed to substantial falls in non-Covid-19 health care activities, and argue that increased capacity in the social infrastructure of the health service is essential to enable higher productivity in an uncertain environment.

Keywords: productivity; health care; NHS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E01 H51 I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2021-02
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