This report presents the results of the authors' review of experience of health care technology assessment in the UK and overseas. It was prepared principally to inform the programme of work on technology assessment being developed at the King's Fund Institute, and was a benchmark exercise, seekingto establish the state ...
This paper is concerned with policy making in the Swedish health service. The paper begins with a description of the organisation of the Swedish health service and a brief summary of the main issues of debate within the service. This is followed by an examination of the role of the ...
The literature on geographical variations in health care is large and growing. A comprehensive review of this literature would be a major task and is beyond the scope of this paper. Instead, the paper summarises some of the key issues which emerge from the literature and identifies the implications for ...