Choosing the place of care

"This report has described how locations of outpatient attendance and inpatient admission have changed since the introduction of patient choice in 2006 and the expansion of independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) from 2007 onwards."

Choosing the place of care: the effect of patient choice on treatment location in England, 2003-2011
E Kelly, G Tetlow
Nuffield Trust
November 2012

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