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Further reading
- An analysis of the relationship between patient choice, access to services and service usage.This article reviews the evidence on patients’ willingness to travel in terms of access to health care and assesses the emerging implications of and for current UK policy onpatient choice. Access choice and travel (182 kb)
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- A discussion of the relationships concerning the distance psychiatric patients live from their general practioners and the volume of hospital admissions. It concludes that the NHS is falling short of its aim to provide fair access to services. Haynes effects distance (176 kb)
