dc.contributor.author | Bergman, Mats A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Johansson, Per | |
dc.contributor.author | Lundberg, Sofia | |
dc.contributor.author | Spagnolo, Giancarlo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-02T13:19:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-02T13:19:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bergman, Mats A., Johansson, Per, Lundberg, Sofia, & Spagnolo, Giancarlo. (2016). Privatization and quality: Evidence from elderly care in Sweden. Journal of Health Economics, 49, 109-119. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2711511 | |
dc.description.abstract | Non-contractible quality dimensions are at risk of degradation when the provision of public services is privatized. However, privatization may increase quality by fostering performance-improving innovation, particularly if combined with increased competition. We assemble a large data set on elderly care services in Sweden between 1990 and 2009 and estimate how opening to private provision affected mortality rates – an important and not easily contractible quality dimension – using a difference-in-difference-in-difference approach. The results indicate that privatization and the associated increase in competition significantly improved non-contractible quality as measured by mortality rates. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Journal of Health Economics | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.subject | competition | en_US |
dc.subject | incomplete contracts | en_US |
dc.subject | mortality | en_US |
dc.subject | outsourcing | en_US |
dc.subject | public procurement | en_US |
dc.title | Privatization and quality: Evidence from elderly care in Sweden | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 109-119 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 49 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Journal of Health Economics | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.06.010 | |