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General practitioners' choice of referral destination: A probit analysis

✍ Scribed by David K. Whynes; Geoffrey Reed; Paul Newbold

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 690 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 0143-6570
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1468(199611)17:6<587::aid-mde779>3.0.co;2-d

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✦ Synopsis

Following the major reforms of the UK health service in 1990, general practitioners (primary care physicians) have been able to purchase specialist care from any hospital they choose. To date, little research has been conducted with respect to the decision process by which such hospitals are chosen. Based on the results of a questionnaire survey conducted in central England and using probit analysis, the significant arguments in practitioners' decision functions are identified. Locality and clinical variables emerge as being considerably more important than price in determining referral destination.

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