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dc.contributor.authorBergman, Mats A.
dc.contributor.authorJohansson, Per
dc.contributor.authorLundberg, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorSpagnolo, Giancarlo
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-02T13:19:53Z
dc.date.available2020-12-02T13:19:53Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationBergman, 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.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2711511
dc.description.abstractNon-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.publisherJournal of Health Economicsen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectcompetitionen_US
dc.subjectincomplete contractsen_US
dc.subjectmortalityen_US
dc.subjectoutsourcingen_US
dc.subjectpublic procurementen_US
dc.titlePrivatization and quality: Evidence from elderly care in Swedenen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.source.pagenumber109-119en_US
dc.source.volume49en_US
dc.source.journalJournal of Health Economicsen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.06.010


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