The thesis of this paper is that an analysis of the GP budget holding proposal (in 'Working for Patients'), in the light of the US HMO movement and the managed care industry it has spawned, will provide valuable insight into how the British innovation might function, or not. The paper ...
This paper marks ten years since the launch of the King's Fund 'An Ordinary Life' initiative and was delivered to the 'Better Lives' seminar sponsored by Community Care and the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust, 27 April 1990. While acknowledging the changes that have taken place in services for people with ...
The report examines the likely impact of the indicative drug budgets for family doctors and the government's general practice fund holding initiative in Britain. The authors believe that the new arrangements will sharpen price competition in the UK medicines market, and welcome this. The study also reports on recent European ...
This is the questionnaire produced for a Travelling Fellowship report which examines the American hospital estate function. With the new and more commercially-based system of operation for the NHS introduced by the White Paper 'Working for Patients', it seemed appropriate that a close examination should be made of the American ...
This Travelling Fellowship report examines the American hospital estate function. With the new and more commercially-based system of operation for the NHS introduced by the White Paper 'Working for Patients', it seemed appropriate that a close examination should be made of the American model by estates staff.
This is the bibliography of a King's Fund Travelling Fellowship report which examines the American hospital estate function. With the new and more commercially-based system of operation for the NHS introduced by the White Paper 'Working for Patients', it seemed appropriate that a close examination should be made of the ...
Chalkhill is a large council estate in Brent with serious problems. The author set out to examine the role of health visitors in a multi-disciplinary project to make Chalkhill a better place to live. The report chronicles the benefits and difficulties for health visitors of working in a team of ...
This report is an in-depth, comparative study of the UK plans and US experience of competition in the supply of hospital services. It shows how both competition and regulation policies have been used to contain escalating costs in the US. American experience raises concerns about the impact of competition on ...
The primary aim of this workbook is to provide managers, front-line workers, external and internal 'inspectors', informal carers and service users, with a shared framework for consultation and evaluation of the quality of services. It is predominantly concerned with community care; however, it has applications in acute and community services ...
This booklet was produced for members of the audience of the Seventh King's Fund Forum. It aimed to provide a simple introduction to the subject and an explanation of some of the concepts and terms which were used throughout the conference.