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Competition in Health Care

Reforming the National Health Service

Part of the book series: Economic Issues in Health Care (EIHC)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Reforming Health Care: an Introduction to the Economic Issues

    • A. J. Culyer, Alan Maynard, John Posnett
    Pages 1-11
  3. Hospital Behaviour and Competition

    • A. J. Culyer, John Posnett
    Pages 12-47
  4. Whither the Private Health Care Sector?

    • Carol Propper, Alan Maynard
    Pages 48-66
  5. Managing Capital Resources in the NHS

    • David Mayston
    Pages 138-177
  6. RAWP is Dead: Long Live RAWP

    • Roy Carr-Hill
    Pages 192-202
  7. The Challenge of Community Care Reform

    • K. G. Wright
    Pages 203-215
  8. Evaluating the Reform of the NHS

    • John Brazier, John Hutton, Richard Jeavons
    Pages 216-236
  9. Research Implications of the NHS Review

    • Alan Williams
    Pages 237-252
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 253-255

About this book

A compilation of essays which focus on the changes taking place in the NHS, in particular the reforms intended to encourage competitive initiative in the provision of health care services. The text is accompanied by statistics tables and figures and notes on the contributors.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of York, UK

    A. J. Culyer, John Posnett

  • Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK

    Alan Maynard

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Competition in Health Care

  • Book Subtitle: Reforming the National Health Service

  • Editors: A. J. Culyer, Alan Maynard, John Posnett

  • Series Title: Economic Issues in Health Care

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21052-7

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 255

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Public Health, Management, Industries