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The interaction between patient shortage and patients waiting time

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  • Iversen, Tor

    (Institute of Health Management and Health Economics)

  • Lurås, Hilde

    (Institute of Health Management and Health Economics)

Abstract

We study the interaction between patient shortage and patients' waiting time to get an appointment. From a theoretical model we predict that physicians experiencing a shortage of patients offer their patients a shorter waiting time than their unconstrained colleagues. This happens because a shorter waiting time is expected to lower the threshold for seeking care, and hence, to increase the number of patient-initiated contacts. But it also happens because a shorter waiting time can be a mean to attract new patients. The hypotheses are supported by some preliminary results from a sample of Norwegian general practitioners participating in a capitation trial.

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  • Iversen, Tor & Lurås, Hilde, 2009. "The interaction between patient shortage and patients waiting time," HERO Online Working Paper Series 1999:2, University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:oslohe:1999_002
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    Keywords

    General practitioner; patient shortage; waiting time;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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