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Economies of scope in the Norwegian public hospital sector.
Lindaas, Nils Arne; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Kittelsen, Sverre A C; Magnussen, Jon.
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  • Lindaas NA; Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 8905, Trondheim, 7491, Norway. nils.a.lindaas@ntnu.no.
  • Anthun KS; Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 8905, Trondheim, 7491, Norway.
  • Kittelsen SAC; Department of Health Research, SINTEF Digital, P.O. Box 4760, Torgarden, Trondheim, 7465, Norway.
  • Magnussen J; Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Gaustadalléen 21, Oslo, 0349, Norway.
Eur J Health Econ ; 2024 Jul 18.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39023659
ABSTRACT
This study investigates the potential economies of scope in the Norwegian public hospital sector after a major structural and organizational reform. Economies of scope refers to potential cost savings occurring from the scope of production rather than the scale. We use a data driven approach to distinguish between relatively specialized and differentiated hospitals. Using registry data spanning the period 2013-2019, we use non-parametric data envelopment analysis with bootstrapping procedures to investigate the potential presence of economies of scope. This is done separately for three different dimensions of which hospital production can be either specialized or differentiated. The findings suggest that economies of scope are present in the Norwegian hospital sector, meaning that there are cost savings related to the optimal differentiation of the activity. It is difficult to conclude on how these findings relate to the reform.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Eur J Health Econ Asunto de la revista: SAUDE PUBLICA / SERVICOS DE SAUDE Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Noruega Pais de publicación: Alemania
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Eur J Health Econ Asunto de la revista: SAUDE PUBLICA / SERVICOS DE SAUDE Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Noruega Pais de publicación: Alemania