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Prescribing Cost Savings by GP Fundholders: Long‐Term or Short‐Term?

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  • David K. Whynes
  • Tara Heron
  • Anthony J. Avery

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Fundholding general practices have been observed to be more successful than non‐fundholders in controlling the growth of their prescribing costs. Debate persists over the likely duration of this fundholding effect. Regression analysis of changes in prescribing costs for a large sample of practices over 5 years supports the view that prescribing cost economies have been short‐ rather than long‐term, and that practices entering fundholding did not engage in strategic, cost‐raising behaviour prior to joining the scheme. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • David K. Whynes & Tara Heron & Anthony J. Avery, 1997. "Prescribing Cost Savings by GP Fundholders: Long‐Term or Short‐Term?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 6(2), pages 209-211, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:6:y:1997:i:2:p:209-211
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199703)6:2<209::AID-HEC263>3.0.CO;2-B
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    1. David Whynes & Darrin Baines & Keith Tolley, 1997. "Prescribing costs in UK general practice: the impact of hard budget constraints," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(3), pages 393-399.
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    3. Katharina Hauck & Rebecca Shaw & Peter C. Smith, 2002. "Reducing avoidable inequalities in health: a new criterion for setting health care capitation payments," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 11(8), pages 667-677, December.

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