Securing meaningful choice for patients

"This guide sets out more detail on the fundamental enablers for effective patient choice and the key actions needed to strengthen or put them in place."

Securing meaningful choice for patients: CCG planning and improvement guide
NHS England, NHS Improvement,
August 2016

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Bringing hospital-level care to the patient

"This case study is one in an ongoing series examining programs that aim to improve outcomes and reduce costs of care for patients with complex needs, who account for a large share of U.S. health care spending."

The hospital at home model: Bringing hospital-level care to the patient
S Klein, M Hostetter, D McCarthy
The Commonwealth Fund
August 2016

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Does quality affect patients' choice of doctor?

"In this report we investigate the effect of the practice quality on patients' choices amongst practices, allowing for other factors such as distance to the practice, the gender and age of practice GPs, their country of qualification, and the type of practice contract and whether the practice is permitted to dispense as well as prescribe."

Does quality affect patients' choice of doctor? Evidence from the UK
R Santos, H Gravelle, C Propper
Centre for Health Economics, University of York
June 2013

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Hypothetical case scenarios - procurement, patient choice and competition regulations

"These case scenarios are not intended to address all of the issues that might arise under the Regulations, but to highlight some of the core issues that each of the scenarios appear to raise and the key factors that are likely to be relevant to the question of whether or not the conduct is consistent with the Regulations."

Hypothetical case scenarios - procurement, patient choice and competition regulations
Monitor
May 2013

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NHS procurement, patient choice and competition

"This briefing has been produced for peers ahead of a debate that is taking place in the House of Lords on Wed 24 April, following a motion by Lord Hunt of King's Heath to annul the revised regulations. It may also be of interest to other individuals interested and engaged in discussions surrounding the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act."

Parliamentary Briefing: NHS procurement, patient choice and competition: response to draft regulations
Nuffield Trust
April 2013

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Choosing the place of care

"This report has described how locations of outpatient attendance and inpatient admission have changed since the introduction of patient choice in 2006 and the expansion of independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) from 2007 onwards."

Choosing the place of care: the effect of patient choice on treatment location in England, 2003-2011
E Kelly, G Tetlow
Nuffield Trust
November 2012

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Determinants of patient choice of healthcare providers

"Comparative information seems to have a relatively limited influence on the choices made by many patients and patients base their decisions on a variety of provider characteristics instead of solely on outcome characteristics."

Determinants of patient choice of healthcare providers: a scoping review
A Victoor, DMJ Delnoij, RD Friele, JJDJM Rademakers
BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12:272

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Helping people share decision making

"Helping people share decisions brings together the evidence of the impact of shared decision making on the quality of healthcare as defined by the Institute of Medicine’s six dimensions of quality: safe, effective, timely, patient-centred, efficient and equitable care."

Helping people share decision making
The Health Foundation
June 2012

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Patients' preferences matter

"The silent misdiagnosis is a widespread problem in the NHS. While a preference misdiagnosis may be less obvious than a medical misdiagnosis, the consequences for the patient can be just as severe."

Patients' preferences matter: stop the silent misdiagnosis
A Mulley, C Trimble, G Elwyn
The King's Fund
May 2012

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Impact of hospital performance data on patient choice

"Public information has limited impact on patients' hospital choice, even in patients who have actually compared hospitals prior to hospital choice."

Is the impact of hospital performance data greater in patients who have compared hospitals?
IB de Groot, W Otten, HJ Smeets, PJ Marang-van de Mheen
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:214

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