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dc.contributor.authorHolte, Jon Helgheim
dc.contributor.authorAbelsen, Birgit
dc.contributor.authorHalvorsen, Peder Andreas
dc.contributor.authorOlsen, Jan Abel
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-08T12:57:57Z
dc.date.available2016-03-08T12:57:57Z
dc.date.issued2015-03-25
dc.description.abstractBackground: General practitioners (GPs) in most high-income countries have a history of being independent private providers with much autonomy. While GPs remain private providers, their autonomous position appears to be challenged by increased policy regulations. This paper examines the extent to which GPs’ preferences for private practice vs. salaried contracts changed in a period where a new health care reform, involving proposed increased regulations of the GPs, was introduced. <p>Methods: We use data collected from Norwegian GPs through structured online questionnaires in December 2009 and May 2012. <p>Results: We find that the proportion of GPs who prefer private practice (i.e. the default contract for GPs in Norway) decreases from 52% to 36% in the period from 2009 to 2012. While 67% of the GPs who worked in private practice preferred this type of contract in 2009, the proportion had dropped by 20 percentage points in 2012. Salaried contracts are preferred by GPs who are young, work in a small municipality, have more patients listed than they prefer, work more hours per week than they prefer, have relatively low income or few patients listed. <p>Conclusion: We find that GPs’ preferences for private practice vs. salaried positions have changed substantially in the last few years, with a significant shift towards salaried contracts. With the proportions of GPs remaining fairly similar across private practice and salaried positions, there is an increasing discrepancy between GPs’ current contract and their preferred one.en_US
dc.descriptionPublished version, also available at <a href=http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0777-4> http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0777-4</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationBMC Health Services Research 2015, 15(119)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1236760
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12913-015-0777-4
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8761
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8326
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Helsetjeneste- og helseadministrasjonsforskning: 806en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Health service and health administration research: 806en_US
dc.subjectPrivate practiceen_US
dc.subjectSalaryen_US
dc.subjectContracten_US
dc.subjectPreferencesen_US
dc.subjectGeneral practitionersen_US
dc.titleGeneral practitioners’ altered preferences for private practice vs. salaried positions: a consequence of proposed policy regulations?en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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