Do General Practitioners Know Patients' Preferences? An Empirical Study on the Agency Relationship at an Aggregate Level Using a Discrete Choice Experiment

It is concluded that GPs do not have a precise knowledge of patients' preferences. However, in the unforced choice, GPs do know on which attributes to compete although they underestimate the necessity of competition. The overall conclusion is that there is room for improving the agency relationship in the organization of general practice.