Proximity and waiting times in choice models for outpatient cardiological visits in Italy

We apply mixed logit regression to investigate patients' choice of non-emergency outpatient cardiovascular specialists in Tuscany, Italy. We focused on the effects of travel time and waiting time. Results reveal that patients prefer clinics nearby and with shorter waiting times. Differences in...

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Autores principales: Seghieri, Chiara, Calovi, Martina, Ferrè, Francesca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6117008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30161181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203018
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description We apply mixed logit regression to investigate patients' choice of non-emergency outpatient cardiovascular specialists in Tuscany, Italy. We focused on the effects of travel time and waiting time. Results reveal that patients prefer clinics nearby and with shorter waiting times. Differences in patient choice depend on age and socioeconomic conditions, thus confirming equity concerns in the access of non-acute services. Our results could be used to optimize the allocation of resources, reduce inequities and increase the efficiency and responsiveness of outpatient systems considering patient preferences.
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spelling pubmed-61170082018-09-16 Proximity and waiting times in choice models for outpatient cardiological visits in Italy Seghieri, Chiara Calovi, Martina Ferrè, Francesca PLoS One Research Article We apply mixed logit regression to investigate patients' choice of non-emergency outpatient cardiovascular specialists in Tuscany, Italy. We focused on the effects of travel time and waiting time. Results reveal that patients prefer clinics nearby and with shorter waiting times. Differences in patient choice depend on age and socioeconomic conditions, thus confirming equity concerns in the access of non-acute services. Our results could be used to optimize the allocation of resources, reduce inequities and increase the efficiency and responsiveness of outpatient systems considering patient preferences. Public Library of Science 2018-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6117008/ /pubmed/30161181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203018 Text en © 2018 Seghieri et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Proximity and waiting times in choice models for outpatient cardiological visits in Italy
title Proximity and waiting times in choice models for outpatient cardiological visits in Italy
title_full Proximity and waiting times in choice models for outpatient cardiological visits in Italy
title_fullStr Proximity and waiting times in choice models for outpatient cardiological visits in Italy
title_full_unstemmed Proximity and waiting times in choice models for outpatient cardiological visits in Italy
title_short Proximity and waiting times in choice models for outpatient cardiological visits in Italy
title_sort proximity and waiting times in choice models for outpatient cardiological visits in italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6117008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30161181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203018
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