Understanding the National Health Service Reforms: The Creation of Incentives? (State of Health Series) - Hardcover

West, Peter A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0335192440 ISBN 13: 9780335192441

Publisher: Open Univ Pr, 1997

Synopsis

West (health economics, United Medical Schools of Guys and St. Thomas and non-executive director of a National Health Service community health services trust) examines the genesis of the reforms in Britain's NHS and examines the position of each of the three stakeholders: purchasing health authorities, NHS trusts, and GP fundholders. The book also examines Working for Patients reforms and the types of behaviors likely to be stimulated by the introduction of market-style incentives. The final chapter reviews the current working and future prospects for the internal market and the potential changes to it that will be introduced by developments in health care purchasing and provision. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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About the Author

Francis J. "Bing" West served in Vietnam as a Marine infantry officer, and later as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Dean of Research at the Naval War College, an analyst at the RAND Corporation, and a lead CNN commentator during Desert Storm. He is currently president of the GAMA Corporation. A frequent contributor to defense journals, West is also the author of Small Unit Action in Vietnam, and Naval Forces and National Security. His new novel, "The Pepperdogs, " is available from Simon & Schuster. Visit his Web site at www.westwrite.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Open Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335192440
• ISBN 13: 9780335192441
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 195