Does quality affect patients’ choice of doctor? Evidence from the UK

Rita Santos; Hugh Stanley Emrys Gravelle; Carol  Propper

Does quality affect patients’ choice of doctor? Evidence from the UK

Rita Santos, Hugh Stanley Emrys Gravelle, Carol Propper

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Abstract

Recent and planned policy changes in the NHS, including the abolition of the Medical Practices Committee, revised tendering arrangements for new practices, readily available information on practices via NHS Choices, and letting patients register with any practice, will increase potential competition amongst general practices. Since practices cannot compete on price they may compete on the quality they offer to patients. A necessary condition for greater competition to improve
quality is that patient choice of practice is affected by practice quality.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	York, UK
Publisher	Centre for Health Economics, University of York
Number of pages	49
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013

Publication series

Name	CHE Research Paper
Publisher	Centre for Health Economics, University of York
No.	88

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