Targets and Waiting Times: Exploiting a Quasi-Experiment to evaluate the use of targets in the provision of health care in the UK
CompleteFunder: ESRC
Staff: Carol Propper, Frank Windmeijer, Matthew Sutton (University of Aberdeen
The aim is to exploit policy variation in the use of waiting times targets in Scotland and England to evaluate the usefulness of targets as a means of increasing NHS productivity.
- See CMPO Working Paper 07/179
- B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2008, vol 8, issue 1, article 5
- View Press Coverage from FT and Vox,
- Final report (pdf, 109.9kB)