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Care and Conquer - Impacts of Corporate Acquisition on Primary Care Providers

Bergman, Emma LU and Möller-Madsen, Charlotte Linnea LU (2024) NEKP01 20241
Department of Economics
Abstract
Since 2010 and the enactment of the primary care reform, accredited private providers have been allowed unrestricted establishment in Sweden. Today, this means that a large share of primary care in Sweden is provided by large corporations. However, despite the important role that primary care plays, research into how private ownership affects the care that is provided is very limited. Drawing from economic theory which posits differing priorities between physician-owned facilities and corporate entities, we aim to contribute the literature by studying how the sale of 8 primary care centres in the Swedish region Skåne, which were previously physician-owned but were sold to the corporation Capio, had on 9 outcome variables. The study is... (More)
Since 2010 and the enactment of the primary care reform, accredited private providers have been allowed unrestricted establishment in Sweden. Today, this means that a large share of primary care in Sweden is provided by large corporations. However, despite the important role that primary care plays, research into how private ownership affects the care that is provided is very limited. Drawing from economic theory which posits differing priorities between physician-owned facilities and corporate entities, we aim to contribute the literature by studying how the sale of 8 primary care centres in the Swedish region Skåne, which were previously physician-owned but were sold to the corporation Capio, had on 9 outcome variables. The study is conducted employing a synthetic difference in difference approach using a standard difference in difference as a baseline. The results of the analysis indicate that corporate ownership results in a shift towards a stronger focus on profit maximisation and the results remain robust across several sensitivity tests. (Less)
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author
Bergman, Emma LU and Möller-Madsen, Charlotte Linnea LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKP01 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
private healthcare, corporate acquisition, primary care, synthetic difference-in-difference, physician-owned healthcare
language
English
id
9160052
date added to LUP
2024-10-01 13:17:57
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2024-10-01 13:17:57
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  abstract     = {{Since 2010 and the enactment of the primary care reform, accredited private providers have been allowed unrestricted establishment in Sweden. Today, this means that a large share of primary care in Sweden is provided by large corporations. However, despite the important role that primary care plays, research into how private ownership affects the care that is provided is very limited. Drawing from economic theory which posits differing priorities between physician-owned facilities and corporate entities, we aim to contribute the literature by studying how the sale of 8 primary care centres in the Swedish region Skåne, which were previously physician-owned but were sold to the corporation Capio, had on 9 outcome variables. The study is conducted employing a synthetic difference in difference approach using a standard difference in difference as a baseline. The results of the analysis indicate that corporate ownership results in a shift towards a stronger focus on profit maximisation and the results remain robust across several sensitivity tests.}},
  author       = {{Bergman, Emma and Möller-Madsen, Charlotte Linnea}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Care and Conquer - Impacts of Corporate Acquisition on Primary Care Providers}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}