Does competition between hospitals improve clinical quality?: a review of evidence from two eras of competition in the English NHS

Gwyn Bevan and Matthew Skellern

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Abstract: Gwyn Bevan and Matthew Skellern review evidence on the effects of hospital competition on quality of care within the English NHS and question whether they support government proposals to extend competition.

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Date: 2011
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Published in BMJ, 2011, 343(oct07), pp. d6470-d6470. ISSN: 0959-8146

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