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Purchasing and Providing Cost-effective Health Care - Softcover

 
9780443049460: Purchasing and Providing Cost-effective Health Care

Synopsis

This book is concerned with improving value for money from the allocation of scarce health care resources. The achievement of better purchasing requires buyers to recognize the strength of the techniques of economic evaluation of treatment options and use the results of such appraisals to inform and improve resource allocation in consultation and negotiations with providers. The book is intended for all health care decision-makers, but especially those making purchasing decisions and deciding on treatment technologies. It aims to provide a concise, non-technical summary of health economics which is easy to understand for the manager or clinician without training in economics. It also explains the purchaser/provider split philosophy - understanding this split gives a better understanding of the NHS and its future development. The book has also been planned and written for easy reference, so that it can be used in a practical way by busy managers or clinicians.

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