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Author: Julian Le Grand
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 1990 NHS and Community Care Act was the most radical upheaval of the NHS since its foundation and attracted world-wide attention A comprehensive review of the evidence is offered to assess the impact of the NHS reforms on health authority purchasing; local commissioning; GP fundholding; total purchasing, and NHS trusts.
Author: Smith, Peter
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Published: 2000-02-01
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 0335204619
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe UK government is introducing reforms to the internal health care market in the UK National Health Service which seek to address concerns such as these, and this book comprises a series of commentaries on their plans from a group of leading health economists. Authors examine the contribution of economics to the debate on the reforms, while seeking to make the analysis accessible to a general audience.
Author: Bernard Dowling
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-11-01
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1040295487
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title was first published in 2000: The relative performance of health authorities and general practitioners as commissioners of health care services is a crucial question in the current health care policy debate, but hitherto a poorly researched area. This work addresses that topic, and represents a systematic direct comparison of GPs and health authorities as purchasers of health care services. In doing this it centres upon two of the chief controversies about the NHS internal market: the equality of hospital waiting times for fund-holding patients, and the fairness of the budgets received by fund-holding practices for commissioning effective surgery. In discussing the policy implications of the research, the book then addresses what lessons should be learned from the internal market about equity and efficiency in the service now that the present Labour Government is reforming the NHS with the introduction of Primary Care Groups and Primary Care Trusts.
Author: Rudolf Klein
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2019-05-20
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 1909368016
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New Politics of the NHS has become established over 30 years as the key overview of the NHS, its processes and paths of influence. The seventh edition remains a clear, easy-to-read guide to often complex debates. It encompasses both the background of the evolution of the NHS since its foundation, and a completely up-to-date picture of its prese
Author: Aileen Clarke
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 0415340713
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Author: Alexander S. Preker
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 646
ISBN-13: 9780821344941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the largest expenditure category of the health systems in both industrialised and developing countries, hospital care provision has been the focus of reforms over recent decades. This publication reviews recent trends in hospital policy reforms and options around the world; and includes case studies which offer insights into lessons learned. Issues considered include: differences in income levels, cultural settings and market environments; organisational changes such as increased management autonomy and privatisation; the need for parallel reforms and effective evaluation mechanisms.
Author: Kristian Bolin
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2012-09-05
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 1781901295
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes various aspects of the process of treating disease (such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and surgical procedures) is important for individual health and, consequently, also for general welfare. This title provides theoretical and empirical evidence about the market for medical technology.
Author: John Baldock
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007-03
Total Pages: 770
ISBN-13: 0199284970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned for use by undergraduates on social policy, social work and sociology courses and by students on vocational training courses (including postgraduate), this textbook covers all the main topics of social policy.
Author: Greener, Ian
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2015-07-01
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 1447329996
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNHS reform continues to be a topical yet contentious issue in the UK. Reforming healthcare: What's the evidence? is the first major critical overview of the research published on healthcare reform in England from 1990 onwards by a team of leading UK health policy academics. It explores work considering the Conservative internal market of the 1990s and New Labour's healthcare reorganizations, including its attempts at performance management and the reintroduction of market-based reform from 2004 to 2010. It then considers the implications of this research for current debates about healthcare reorganization in England, and internationally. As the most up-to-date summary of what research says works in English healthcare reform, this essential review is aimed at anyone interested in the wide-ranging debates about health reorganization, but especially students and academics interested in social policy, public management and health policy.
Author: Judith Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-03-02
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1351878476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe last decade has witnessed a transformation in the organization and management of primary care. In Towards Managed Primary Care, the authors examine the background and development of Primary Care Groups and Primary Care Trusts (PCG/Ts) in the English NHS. The book focuses on the practical experience of developing and managing PCG/Ts and on the lessons that can be drawn from this for future policy relating to the management and evaluation of such organizations in the UK and elsewhere. The work: ¢ Provides an overview of the background to the development of PCG/Ts in England, set within the context of international developments of similar primary care organizations; ¢ Examines the organization and management of PCG/Ts; ¢ Analyses the impact of PCG/Ts on the provision of health services and on the wider health system; ¢ Explores the challenges inherent in carrying out research into primary care organizations; ¢ Focuses on the future development and evaluation of primary care organizations. With chapter conclusions setting out evidence-based lessons for developing and researching primary care organizations, this book will be an invaluable guide for all those interested or involved in health policy, health services research and primary care organization and management.
