Comments on: Making Up For The Public Sector http://indianeconomy.org/2005/08/16/making-up-for-the-public-sector/ Issues & insights Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:09:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Prashant http://indianeconomy.org/2005/08/16/making-up-for-the-public-sector/#comment-42 Prashant Wed, 17 Aug 2005 02:15:04 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/?p=39#comment-42 For some (more) evidence on the public sector's merits (or lack, thereof), check out this post on the World Bank blog http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2005/08/better_an_incom.html <b>Better an incompetent for-profit doctor than a competent government-funded one</b> <i>The caped crusader, Adamsmithee, points us to an incredible and rather sad piece of research from our World Bank colleagues Jishnu Das and Jeffrey Hammer. Looking at doctors in Delhi, they conclude: Under-qualified private sector doctors, even though they know less, provide better care on average than their better-qualified counterparts in the public sector. The public sector doctors didn't bother to take the time needed for a proper diagnosis. Training does help, it seems, but not nearly as much as keen incentives.</i> For some (more) evidence on the public sector’s merits (or lack, thereof), check out this post on the World Bank blog

http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2005/08/better_an_incom.html

Better an incompetent for-profit doctor than a competent government-funded one
The caped crusader, Adamsmithee, points us to an incredible and rather sad piece of research from our World Bank colleagues Jishnu Das and Jeffrey Hammer. Looking at doctors in Delhi, they conclude:

Under-qualified private sector doctors, even though they know less, provide better care on average than their better-qualified counterparts in the public sector.

The public sector doctors didn’t bother to take the time needed for a proper diagnosis. Training does help, it seems, but not nearly as much as keen incentives.

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