Waiting time prioritisation: Evidence from England

"Following initiatives in other OECD countries, the English NHS and other healthcare systems faced with increasing excess demand for elective surgery should put more emphasis in encouraging further prioritisation on the list and consider formal policies to enforce this."

Waiting time prioritisation: Evidence from England: CHE Research Paper 114
N Gutacker, R Cookson, L Siciliani
Centre for Health Economics
University of York
September 2015

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Use of decision and communication aids in orthopaedic surgery

"Decision and communication aids can be effective tools for incorporating patients preferences and values into preference-sensitive decisions in orthopaedics."

Patient, surgeon, and healthcare purchaser views on the use of decision and communication aids in orthopaedic surgery: a mixed methods study
KJ Bozic, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:366

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Understanding competition and choice in the NHS

"This report examines the changes in the roles of the NHS and the private sector in the funding and provision of two elective in-patient procedures: hip and knee replacements."

Public payment and private provision: the changing landscape of health care in the 2000s
S Arora, A Charlesworth, E Kelly, G Stoye
Nuffield Trust, Institute for Fiscal Studies
May 2013

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