Are patients willing to accept longer travel times to decrease their risk associated with surgical procedures? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Distance to a hospital is an influencing factor for patients´ decision making when choosing a hospital for surgery. It is unclear whether patients prefer to travel further to regional instead of local hospitals if the risk associated with elective surgery is lower in the farther hospital. The aim of our systematic review was to investigate patient preferences for the location of care, taking into consideration surgical outcomes and hospital distance. METHODS:MEDLINE (PubMed), EconLit, PsycInfo and EMBASE were searched until November 2019. We included experimental choice studies in which participants were asked to make a hypothetical decision where to go for elective surgery when surgical risk and/or distance to the hospitals vary. There was no restriction on the type of interven

SUBMITTER: Buhn S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031936 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature