No evidence that patient choice in the NHS saves lives

Lancet. 2011 Dec 17;378(9809):2057-60. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61553-5. Epub 2011 Oct 9.

Authors

Allyson Pollock¹, Alison Macfarlane, Graham Kirkwood, F Azeem Majeed, Ian Greener, Carlo Morelli, Seán Boyle, Howard Mellett, Sylvia Godden, David Price, Petra Brhlikova

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK. a.pollock@qmul.ac.uk

PMID: 21988764
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61553-5

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Causality
Choice Behavior*
Economic Competition*
Hospital Mortality*
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / mortality*
Myocardial Infarction / therapy
Quality Indicators, Health Care
State Medicine / legislation & jurisprudence*
United Kingdom