The Effects on Waiting Times of Expanding Provider Choice: evidence from a policy experiment
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CHRP1
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Date | Published - Mar 2005 |
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Number of pages | 25 |
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Publisher | Centre for Health Economics, University of York |
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Place of Publication | York, UK |
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Original language | English |
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Name | CHE Research Paper |
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Publisher | Centre for Health Economics, University of York |
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No. | 1 |
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Long waiting times for inpatient treatment in the UK National Health Service have long been a
source of great popular and political concern, and therefore a target for policy initiatives. One
such is the London Patient Choice Project, under which patients at risk of breaching inpatient
waiting time targets were offered the choice of an alternative hospital with a guaranteed
shorter wait. This paper uses a difference in difference econometric methodology to infer the
impact of the choice project on ophthalmology waiting times. In line with our theoretical
predictions, it finds that the project led to lower average waiting times in the London region
and a convergence in waiting times amongst London hospitals.
CHE RP1
© 2005 Diane Dawson, Hugh Gravelle, Rowena Jacobs, Stephen Martin, Peter C. Smith. The full text of this report can be viewed free of charge from the Centre for Health Economics web site at: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/che/pdf/rp1.pdf
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