Markets and Networks
Contracting in Community Health Services
Open University Press
Published on 1. November 1996
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-335-19457-5 (ISBN)
Description
This text is concerned with community health services and examines developments in the commissioning and purchasing of district nursing, health visiting and community-based therapy services. It discusses the process and experience of contracting between health authority and GP fundholders.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-19457-5 (9780335194575)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
University of Salford
Lecturer in Health Services Management, University of Birmingham
Content
Quasi-markets and community health services; coceptualizing community health services; health need and outcomes in the contracting process; local voices and community health services; paradoxes of GP fundholding; contracting and the negotiation of trust; monitoring contracts - negotiating performance and quality; markets, networks and trust.