Health authorities and general practice fund-holders as purchasers of elective surgery : a case study of waiting times

The 1991 reforms to Britain's health service established a quasi-market where the purchasing function was performed by health authorities and those general practices that joined the fund-holding scheme. Whilst the literature lacked any direct comparison of the performance of these agencies as p...

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Main Author: Dowling, Bernard David
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 1999
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314186