Turns out privatisation is bad! Oxford study links hospital privatisation to worse patient care
Lead author Dr Benjamin Goodair, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford, said: ‘This review challenges the justifications for healthcare privatisation and concludes that the scientific support for healthcare privatisation is weak. Overall, hospital privatisation may reduce costs, but does so at expense of quality of care.’
Oxford/Lancet Study on Health Privitisation
This comprehensive research across many countries concludes hospitals that are privatised typically deliver worse quality care after converting from public ownership.
