Are acute hospital trust mergers associated with improvements in the quality of care?
James Beveridge,
David G. Lugo-Palacios,
Jonathan Clarke
Abstract:PurposeThis study aims to assess the extent to which acute hospital trust mergers in England are associated with quality improvements.Design/methodology/approachWe apply an event study design using difference-in-difference (DID) and coarsened exact matching to compare the before-and-after performance of eight mergers from 2011 to 2015.FindingsWe find little evidence that mergers contribute to quality improvements other than some limited increases in the proportion of patients waiting a maximum of 18 weeks from… Show more
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