Sweeping changes have taken place in many parts of the world in the provision and organisation of health care, welfare and other 'public' services. The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has been a prime example of this.
This multi-disciplinary collection of essays reviews recent evidence from a major research programme, commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC), into the evolution and impact of contracting in the NHS. Each chapter examines a particular aspect of health and social care, including competition between hospitals and the effects of GP fundholding, and discusses the important theoretical implication of experience in the NHS quasi-market. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the contemporary debate surrounding the issues.
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This book brings together a useful collection of papers by social scientists from different disciplines that formed part of the ESRC funded programme of work. * Social Policy * This multidisciplinary volume reviews recent evidence from a major research programme into the evolution and impact of contracting in the UK National Health Service. * International Social Security Review, Vol. 51 1/98 *
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Höhe: 216 mm
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Dicke: 14 mm
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978-0-19-829022-3 (9780198290223)
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Senior Lecturer in SociologySenior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Salford
Reader in Sociology and Deputy Director of the Public Health Research and Resource Centre (PHRRC)Reader in Sociology and Deputy Director of the Public Health Research and Resource Centre (PHRRC), University of Salford
