Waiting times for hospital admissions: the impact of GP fundholding.

Abstract:

:Waiting times for hospital care are a significant issue in the UK National Health Service (NHS). The reforms of the health service in 1990 gave a subset of family doctors (GP fundholders) both the ability to choose the hospital where their patients were treated and the means to pay for some services. One of the key factors influencing family doctors' choice of hospital was patient waiting time. However, without cash inducements, hospitals would get no direct reward from giving shorter waiting times to a subset of patients. Using a unique dataset, we investigate whether GP fundholders were able to secure shorter waiting times for their patients, whether they were able to do so in cases where they had no financial rewards to offer hospitals, and whether the impact of fundholding spilled over into shorter waiting times for all patients.

journal_name

J Health Econ

authors

Propper C,Croxson B,Shearer A

doi

10.1016/s0167-6296(01)00129-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-03-01 00:00:00

pages

227-52

issue

2

eissn

0167-6296

issn

1879-1646

pii

S0167-6296(01)00129-1

journal_volume

21

pub_type

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