A person based formula for allocating commissioning funds to general practices in England: Development of a statistical model

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7833, 2011, Pages 1085-

  Dixon, Jennifer ^a   Smith, Peter ^b   Gravelle, Hugh ^c   Martin, Steve ^c   Bardsley, Martin ^a   Rice, Nigel ^c   Georghiou, Theo ^a   Dusheiko, Mark ^c   Billings, John ^d   De Lorenzo, Michael ^e   Sanderson, Colin ^f  

^a The Nuffield Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Health Dialog   (United States)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BUDGETS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 82255164821     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d6608     Document Type: Article

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