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Patient choice for older people in English NHS primary care: theory and practice

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  • Andrew Harding
  • Sanders Frances
  • Antonieta Medina Lara
  • Edwin van Teijlingen
  • Cate Wood
  • Di Galpin
  • Sue Baron
  • Sam Crowe
  • Sheetal Sharma
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Article number742676
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>4/03/2014
<mark>Journal</mark>ISRN Family Medicine
Volume2014
Number of pages6
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

In the English National Health Service (NHS), patients are now expected to choose the time and place of treatment and even choose the actual treatment. However, the theory on which patient choice is based and the implementation of patient choice are controversial. There is evidence to indicate that attitudes and abilities to make choices are relatively sophisticated and not as straightforward as policy developments suggest. In addition, and surprisingly, there is little research on whether making individual choices about care is regarded as a priority by the largest NHS patient group and the single largest group for most GPs—older people. This conceptual paper examines the theory of patient choice concerning accessing and engaging with healthcare provision and reviews existing evidence on older people and patient choice in primary care.