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Fees paid to GPs for services provided to residents of care accommodation for older people - 2000-2001
— the results of a survey carried out by the Association of Charity Officers (ACO), the Occupational Benevolent Funds Alliance (OBFA), and Voluntary Organisations Involved in Caring in the Elderly Sector (VOICES), into the payment of fees to, GPs for serv | | Corporate Author | Association of Charity Officers - ACO; VOICES - Voluntary Organisations Involved in Caring in the Elderly Sector; Occupational Benevolent Funds Alliance - OBFA |
| Publisher | Association of Charity Officers - ACO, London, 2001 |
| Pages | 43 pp (ACO/2001/12) |
| Source | ACO, Beechwood House, Wyllyotts Close, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 2HN. Email: info@aco.uk.net |
| Keywords | General practice ; Charges ; Voluntary care homes ; Nursing homes ; Sheltered housing ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Since a previous report by OBFA in 1997, there has been increasing evidence of more GPs introducing charges or retainer fees for their services to residents in care establishments and sheltered housing. The present survey aimed to find out how many GPs were charging retainer payments, why and how much they were charging, what additional healthcare services - if any - were being provided over and above core medical services, and whether there was any indication of that they might be charging older people for core medical services that were free to everyone else. Results presented are based on 119 questionnaire responses representing 183 care establishments and 8987 residents. Charitable bodies running residential establishments for older people are paying variable amounts for GP healthcare for their residents on top of what is being paid under public funding arrangements. Many are not being asked to pay extra. The study finds little evidence of association between the extent and quality of healthcare provided and fees charged. There was also limited evidence of the impact of the introduction of Primary Care Groups (PCGs). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010327202 B |
| Classmark | L5: QEJ: KWE: LHB: KLA: 3F |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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