All GPs are different and some are more different than others

[摘要] The causes of the wide variation in GPs' behaviour referring their patients to specialists is an under-researched subject, but is likely to become more scrutinised with the advent of cost conscious NHS initiatives like ‘practice-based commissioning’ and ‘payment by results’. O'Sullivan et al's study1 showed that most of the variation in referrals remains unexplained, and suggests that 30% is attributable to differences in morbidity.

[学科分类] 卫生学