Will policy to constrain GP referrals damage health? Evidence using practice level NHS emergency admissions administrative data
Attempts to control hospital expenditure by managing down General Practitioner (GP) referrals are reoccurring features of UK health policy. However, despite the best efforts of GPs to benchmark referral criteria, patient health may be damaged and other costs created by constraining referrals to targ...
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| Format: | Journal article |
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Elsevier
2021
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