Journal of health services research & policy
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J Health Serv Res Policy · Apr 1997
Did the introduction of general practice fundholding change patterns of emergency admission to hospital?
To test the hypothesis that the introduction of general practice fundholding was associated with a change in the proportion of emergency admissions to hospital. ⋯ The results provide no evidence that, in the first 2 years of the scheme, fundholding had an impact on the proportion of emergency admissions to hospital.