Should general practitioners purchase health care for their patients? The total purchasing experiment in Britain

Health Policy

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-259

  Wyke, Sally ^a   Mays, Nicholas ^b,c   Street, Andrew ^d   Bevan, Gwyn ^e,f   McLeod, Hugh ^g   Goodwin, Nick ^g  

^a Scottish School of Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

^b New Zealand Treasury   (New Zealand)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^f Finsbury Tower   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance of care; Budgetary incentives; General practitioner budget holding; Total purchasing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PURCHASING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0043163866     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(03)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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