Thesis
Economic analysis for policy formulation in the National Health Service
- Abstract:
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This thesis explores the role economic analysis can play in policy formulation in the British National Health Service. The historical allocation process in the NHS is based on the idea of meeting fully the 'need' for health care of each individual. However, 'need' has never been comprehensively defined nor universally applied but has been interpreted by numerous, isolated judgements, often by doctors and others at the point of delivery of the service. These decisions have been strongly in...
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Authors
- Publication date:
- 1976
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
- Subjects:
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- Source identifiers:
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602335290
- Deposit date:
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2013-10-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Rickard, John Hellyar
- Copyright date:
- 1976
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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