Centre Health Economics, University of York, January 2016
- Research using data from 2002/3 to 2012/13 on choice of hospital for elective hip replacement.
- Distance from the hospital is the most important single factor in the choice of hospital for elective care, and this is likely to especially so for hip replacement patients who may have mobility problems. However, patients are may also be influenced by quality and waiting time when choosing amongst hospitals.
- The analysis highlights changes over the period when constraints on choice of provider were relaxed (2006).
