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Published in: BMC Health Services Research 1/2013

Open Access 01-05-2013 | Introduction

The limits of market-based reforms

Authors: Helen Dickinson, Sara Shaw, Jon Glasby, Judith Smith

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Special Issue 1/2013

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Every health and social care system around the world is concerned with how it can provide care in a way that ensures both high quality and cost-effective care for people. The English system is no exception and over the last few decades there has been increased interest in the use of markets within the context of health and social care [1]. Although local government in the UK has a longer track record of developing a market for care services (especially since the passage of the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act), a series of NHS reforms have followed suit, also drawing on market-based approaches (see [2, 3]). …
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Metadata
Title
The limits of market-based reforms
Authors
Helen Dickinson
Sara Shaw
Jon Glasby
Judith Smith
Publication date
01-05-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-S1-I1

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