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  • Title: What does it cost the patient to see the doctor?
    Author: Kernick DP, Reinhold DM, Netten A.
    Journal: Br J Gen Pract; 2000 May; 50(454):401-3. PubMed ID: 10897541.
    Abstract:
    Against a background of increasing demands on limited resources, there will be an emphasis on undertaking studies that relate benefits of an intervention to the costs that are incurred in their production. Patient costs are an important, but often overlooked, part of an economic exercise and include transport costs, loss of employment, and loss of leisure time. This paper highlights the theoretical difficulties inherent in deriving patient costs and suggests a pragmatic framework to derive unit costs in these areas. We demonstrate that these costs are not inconsiderable when compared with the cost of a general practitioner consultation.
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