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ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2025

Economies of scope in the Norwegian public hospital sector.

Nils Arne Lindaas, Kjartan Sarheim Anthun, Sverre A C Kittelsen, Jon Magnussen

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Article in The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Unravelling heterogeneity in efficiency measurements: a case study of public hospitals in Spain.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026
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Nils Arne LindaasDepartment of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 8905, Trondheim, 7491, Norway. nils.a.lindaas@ntnu.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8062-0004
Kjartan Sarheim AnthunDepartment of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 8905, Trondheim, 7491, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2142-2742
Sverre A C KittelsenRagnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Gaustadalléen 21, Oslo, 0349, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6758-2154
Jon MagnussenDepartment of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 8905, Trondheim, 7491, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

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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Hospitals, PublicCost SavingsHealth Care ReformHumansNorwayRegistriesData envelopment analysisEconomies of scopeHospitalNew public managementReform

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PMID39023659
PMCPMC11889039

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