Moscelli, Giuseppe, Siciliani, Luigi orcid.org/0000-0003-1739-7289, Gutacker, Nils orcid.org/0000-0002-2833-0621 et al. (1 more author) (2016) Location, Quality and Choice of Hospital:Evidence from England 2002–2013. Regional Science and Urban Economics. pp. 112-124. ISSN 0166-0462
Abstract
We investigate (a) how patient choice of hospital for elective hip replacement is influenced by distance, quality and waiting times, (b) differences in choices between patients in urban and rural locations, (c) the relationship between hospitals' elasticities of demand to quality and the number of local rivals, and how these changed after relaxation of constraints on hospital choice in England in 2006. Using a data set on over 500,000 elective hip replacement patients over the period 2002 to 2013 we find that patients became more likely to travel to a provider with higher quality or lower waiting times, the proportion of patients bypassing their nearest provider increased from 25% to almost 50%, and hospital elasticity of demand with respect to own quality increased. By 2013 average hospital demand elasticity with respect to readmission rates and waiting times were −0.2 and −0.04. Providers facing more rivals had demand that was more elastic with respect to quality and waiting times. Patients from rural areas have smaller disutility from distance.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. Embargo period : 18 months |
Keywords: | Choice,Distance,Hospital,Quality,Rurality,Waiting times |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Centre for Health Economics (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number POLICY RESEARCH PROGRAMME CENTRAL COMMISSIONING FACILITY 103/0001 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2016 09:56 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:22 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.07.001 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.07.001 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104365 |
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