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New commissioning formula
Use of national tariff makes formula inaccurate
BMJ 2012; 344 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d8175 (Published 04 January 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:d8175- Daniel Peake, GP trainee1,
- Rebekah Parry, GP trainee1,
- Naveed Mustfa, respiratory medicine consultant1,
- Imran Hussain, respiratory medicine consultant1
- 1City General, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 6QG, UK
- danpeake{at}hotmail.com
Dixon and colleagues use socioeconomic indicators to adjust the requirement for healthcare in different areas and populations in a rationing formula that more accurately calculates the costs of regional healthcare to improve resource allocation.1 However, their use of the national tariff, an unproved estimate, rather than actual …
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