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Hospital activity changes and total purchasing in 1996/7

Author:

Raftery, James, Health Economics Facility (Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham), McLeod, Hugh, and King's Fund

Publication date:

1999

Abstract:

This report summarises the hospital activity analysis for two types of first-wave total purchasing pilots (TPPs), 'commissioner' TPPs and 'co-purchaser' TPPs. The main objective of the analysis was to compare changes in hospital activity, in the areas for which TPPs had objectives, with those of comparators. The authors conclude that: ...