Letters
New commissioning formula
Authors’ reply to Beerstecher and Peake and colleagues
BMJ 2012; 344 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d8184 (Published 04 January 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:d8184- Jennifer Dixon, director1,
- Peter Smith, professor2,
- Martin Bardsley, head of research1
- 1The Nuffield Trust, London W1G 7LP, UK
- 2Imperial College Business School and Centre for Health Policy, London SW7 2AZ, UK
- jennifer.dixon{at}nuffieldtrust.org.uk
Beerstecher asks why the historic healthcare costs of individual patients were not included in the person based formulas we developed for allocating resources to general practices for commissioning.1 2 Their inclusion would indeed have led to …
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