Cost-based pricing in the NHS internal market : accounting choices and the achievement of economic efficiency

Since 1988, quasi-markets have been introduced into many areas of social policy in the UK, the NHS internal market is one example. Markets operate by price signals. The NHS Internal Market, if it is to operate efficiently, requires purchasers and providers to respond to price signals. The research h...

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Main Author: Ellwood, Sheila
Published: Aston University 1995
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.294634