In several countries, morbidity burdens have prompted authorities to change the system for allocating resources among patients from a demographic-based to a morbidity-based casemix system. In Danish general practice clinics, there is no morbidity-based casemix adjustment system.

The Danish hospital sector faces a significant rebuilding program driven by recent regional reform and guidelines for acute admission hospitals. Within the next 5–10 years, the number of public hospitals offering acute admission will be reduced from 35 to approximately 20 larger hospitals. As...

Objectives To explore the association between patients' socioeconomic status and their referral from general practice to specialised health care.Methods Multiple regression analysis was used on cross-sectional data on general practice referral rates for all Danish general practices in year...