French J A, Stevenson C H, Eglinton J, Bailey J E
West Midlands Regional Health Authority.
Br J Gen Pract. 1990 May;40(334):186-9.
In a two year trial general practitioners in the West Midlands were provided with extended waiting time information for hospital consultation and treatment in general surgery. Selected general practitioners were sent monthly bulletins on comparative times to wait for both outpatient appointment and inpatient treatment throughout the region. Their referrals to consultant general surgeons were monitored, alongside those of a matched control group not receiving such information. Differences were found between the two groups which indicate the willingness of general practitioners to change their referral practice when adequate information is available. In addition, patients referred to their local hospital had longer waiting times than patients matched for clinical condition and district of origin who were sent to hospitals where it was indicated that a shorter wait might be expected.
在一项为期两年的试验中，西米德兰兹郡的全科医生获得了有关普通外科住院咨询和治疗的延长等待时间信息。选定的全科医生每月收到关于整个地区门诊预约和住院治疗等待时间比较的简报。对他们转介给普通外科顾问医生的情况进行了监测，同时也监测了一个未收到此类信息的匹配对照组的情况。两组之间存在差异，这表明当有足够信息时，全科医生愿意改变他们的转介做法。此外，转诊到当地医院的患者等待时间比那些临床状况和原籍地区相匹配、被转诊到预计等待时间较短的医院的患者更长。
