Pinchbeck, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-5638-3923 (2018).
Convenient Primary Care and Emergency Hospital Utilization (19/04).
London, UK: City, University of London.
Abstract
Participation and utilization decisions lie at the heart of many public policy questions. I contribute new evidence by using hospital records to examine how access to primary care services affects utilization of hospital Emergency Departments in England. Using a natural experiment in the roll out of services, I first show that access to primary care reduces Emergency Departments visits. Additional strategies then allow me to separate descriptively four aspects of primary care access: proximity, opening hours, need to make an appointment, and eligibility. Convenience–oriented services divert three times as many patients from emergency visits, largely because patients can attend without appointments.
Publication Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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Additional Information: | Copyright 2019, the author. |
Publisher Keywords: | primary care, emergency care, access, utilization decisions |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
Departments: | School of Arts & Social Sciences > Economics |
Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2019 09:53 |
URI: | https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/21514 |
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