The effect of waiting time and distance on hospital choice for English cataract patients

Health Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 444-456

  Sivey, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

hospital choice; latent class model; waiting time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WAITING ROOM;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; STATE MEDICINE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84858141971     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1720     Document Type: Article

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