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Productivity In Uk Healthcare During And After The Covid-19 Pandemic

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  • Coyle, Diane
  • Dreesbeimdiek, Kaya
  • Manley, Annabel

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Measured health output in the UK declined sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the evident large increase in some National Health Service (NHS) activities such as critical care, and the new test and trace and vaccination programmes. We explain the measurement methods applied to public services that produced the published decline, in the context of the inherent difficulties of defining and measuring health output and productivity; and describe the changes in practice that had to take place in NHS hospitals. We also discuss, on the basis of these changes including increased use of technology, the likely outlook for healthcare productivity. We conclude that within NHS England capacity, constraints have contributed to substantial falls in non-Covid-19 healthcare output and argue that increased capacity in the social infrastructure of the health service is essential to enable higher productivity in an uncertain environment.

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  • Coyle, Diane & Dreesbeimdiek, Kaya & Manley, Annabel, 2021. "Productivity In Uk Healthcare During And After The Covid-19 Pandemic," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 258, pages 90-116, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:nierev:v:258:y:2021:i::p:90-116_8
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    1. Chiang Kao & Yuan-Ying Wang & Tsai-Chi Ho & Yu-Shian Chen & Ping-Chieh Chen, 2022. "The Impact Of Covid-19 On The Productivity Of Large Companies In Taiwan," Economy & Business Journal, International Scientific Publications, Bulgaria, vol. 16(1), pages 30-40.

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    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts

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