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Modelling the Behaviour of General Practitioners

其他書名	A Theoretical Foundation for Studies of Fundholding
出版	Centre for Health Economics, University of York, 1994
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=i4YKAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"Despite its potentially profound repercussions, the general practitioner fundholding scheme has received relatively little attention from researchers. We provide here a theoretical foundation for empirical studies of fundholding. We begin by reviewing the incentives of the fundholding scheme. The responses of GPs to these incentives depend on the objectives of GPs, raising the questions : what are GPs trying to maximize? what GP objectives are useful in explaining their behaviour? After addressing these questions, we formulate several models of behaviour, focussing in turn on referrals, prescribing, workload, and the agency relationship between the GP and patient. These models illustrate how we can provide a conceptual basis for researching various aspects of fundholding."(...). Author