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Naming & Shaming: The impacts of different regimes on hospital waiting times in England and Wales
Besley, Timothy J.; Bevan, Gwyn; Burchardi, Konrad B. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
paper examines a natural experiment in regimes applied to waiting list targets for hospital admissions in England and Wales …. After 2001, the principal difference between the countries were the consequences for hospitals that failed to meet targets … targets which increased mean waiting times. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991549
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Inflation Targeting as a Monetary Policy Rule
Svensson, Lars E O - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
The purpose of the paper is to survey and discuss inflation targeting in the context of monetary policy rules. The paper provides a general conceptual discussion of monetary policy rules, attempts to clarify the essential characteristics of inflation targeting, compares inflation targeting to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661623
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Waiting-time targets in healthcare markets: How long are we waiting?
Dixon, Huw David; Siciliani, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Waiting-time targets are frequently used by policy makers in the healthcare sector to monitor provider's performance …. Such targets are based on the distribution of the patients on the list. We compare and link such distribution with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662025