Factors affecting the supply of private hospital beds in the UK: private insurance, NHS pay beds, or NHS waiting list?

Authors

Pok Man, Peter Yuen, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training Council

Staff Page Link

Prof YUEN Pok Man, Peter

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1991

DOI

10.1177/095148489100400306

Abstract

This study attempts to isolate the determinants of private hospital growth in the United Kingdom. Thirty-six variables, representing private medicine, the socio-economic environment, the political and government conditions, and the health care systems characteristics were selected for analysis. Multiple regression analysis shows that the number of independent hospital beds in the UK can be explained almost entirely by the number of persons with private health insurance, the number of NHS pay beds, and the overall bed level. Further analysis reveals that the number of persons with private health insurance can be explained to a large extent by the length of the NHS waiting list.

Source Publication

Health Services Management Research

Volume Number

4

Issue Number

3

First Page

216

Last Page

229

Recommended Citation

Yuen, P. (1991). Factors affecting the supply of private hospital beds in the UK: private insurance, NHS pay beds, or NHS waiting list?. Health Services Management Research, 4 (3), 216-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095148489100400306