Because the NHS was founded to provide equal access to all on the basis of need rather than the ability to pay, price was eliminated as a method of bringing demand for services into line with supply. This means that the Government has to make decisions about the amount of ...
This book reviews the quality of treatment outcomes information patients received in five pilot projects around the country. The projects were carried out by: Health Matters, Milton Keynes; Trent Healthline, Nottingham; Critical Appraisals Skills Programme (CASP), Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford; NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD) York, ...
This book provides an introduction to the concept of evidence-based health care and considers how consumer health information providers might identify and obtain good quality research-based information about health care effectiveness. It explains why there is so much interest in providing people with information about health care effectiveness and involving ...