An empirical analysis of the impact of c
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Luigi Siciliani; Steve Martin
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Policyβmakers often claim that enhancing patient choice induces more competition among hospitals and may therefore reduce waiting times. This paper tests this claim using 120 English NHS hospitals over the period 1999β2001. Several proxies for the degree of choice (or competition) are c