Trajectories of primary health care utilization: a 10-year follow-up after the Swedish Patient Choice Reform of primary health care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In January 2010, the choice reform was instituted in Swedish primary health care establishing free entry for private primary health care providers and enabling patients to choose freely among primary health care centers. The motivation behind the reform was to improve access to primary care and responsiveness to patient expectations. Reform effects on health care utilization have previously been investigated by using subgroup analyses assuming a pattern of homogeneous subgroups of the population. By using a different methodological approach, the aim of this study was to, from an equity perspective, investigate long term trends of primary health care utilization following the choice reform.

Method

A closed cohort was created based on register data from Region Skåne

SUBMITTER: Kohnke H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10668480 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature