Do mergers benefit patients in underperforming administrations? Lessons from area health service amalgamation

Johar, M; Savage, E

Do mergers benefit patients in underperforming administrations? Lessons from area health service amalgamation

Johar, M

Savage, E

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Economic Record, 2014, 90 (291), pp. 526 - 535
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Johar, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2381-1741	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Savage, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2690-3975	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:22:11Z
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Economic Record, 2014, 90 (291), pp. 526 - 535	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0013-0249	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30749
dc.description.abstract	© 2014 Economic Society of Australia. Evidence supporting the effects of mergers in healthcare markets on quality is mixed. In this study we exploit a government policy in NSW that imposed mergers on area health services (AHSs) to evaluate the effects of the merger on patient waiting times, an indicator of quality. We focus on the specific question of whether the merger had a larger impact on worse-performing AHSs. Our results show heterogeneous impacts, reducing waiting times for relatively urgent public patients but further delaying non-urgent patients. In addition, we find the merger reduced the waiting time gap between public and private patients.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Economic Record	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/1475-4932.12138	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Economics	en_US
dc.title	Do mergers benefit patients in underperforming administrations? Lessons from area health service amalgamation	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	291	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	90	en_US
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utslib.for	14 Economics	en_US
utslib.for	15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	291	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	90	en_US

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© 2014 Economic Society of Australia. Evidence supporting the effects of mergers in healthcare markets on quality is mixed. In this study we exploit a government policy in NSW that imposed mergers on area health services (AHSs) to evaluate the effects of the merger on patient waiting times, an indicator of quality. We focus on the specific question of whether the merger had a larger impact on worse-performing AHSs. Our results show heterogeneous impacts, reducing waiting times for relatively urgent public patients but further delaying non-urgent patients. In addition, we find the merger reduced the waiting time gap between public and private patients.

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