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…value they assign to those outcomes, and how best to incorporate these outcomes and values in decision-making. Policy, Organisation and Incentives in Health Systems Development of effective health system policy…

Variations between General Practitioners

1 July 1990

The Government’s National Health Service reforms are designed to increase cost effectiveness, widen consumer choice and improve the quality of care. In making the case for these reforms, the White…

Factors Influencing Clinical Decisions in General Practice

1 May 1991

In January 1989 the Government announced its proposals for reforming the National Health Service in the White Paper ‘Working for Patients’ (CM555). The two main objectives of the reforms, as…

Organ Transplantation

1 July 1991

Organ transplantation is one of the most spectacular medical achievements of this century. The first successful human transplant operation took place in Boston, in 1954, when a single kidney was…

Patterns of Prescribing

1 January 1991

…disciplined themselves to record accurately their prescribing, using computer systems, there is a significant under-identification of hypertensive patients and diabetic patients who could benefit from treatment. There is a probability…

Aids in Africa: Meeting the Challenge through Training Education and Prevention

1 January 1992

AIDS poses a formidable challenge to African policy makers and health professionals. Of the estimated 9 to 11 million cases of HIV infection worldwide, some 7 million are in sub-Saharan…

Barriers to Uptake of Minimal Access Surgery in the United Kingdom

1 March 2018

Surgical practice has and continues to develop at a tremendous pace, reflecting the evolving technological landscape as well as the expanding skillset of the surgical workforce. Minimal access surgery (MAS)…

The Doctor’s (Ethical and Economic) Dilemma

1 August 1996

…cannot become merely a tool of society. Whilst we hope rationing in the NHS will be ethical, in other health care systems it may not be — the human rights…

The Future of Primary Care

1 January 1996

The chapters in this book are based on the contributions to a conference organised by the Office of Health Economics and held at the Zoological Society of London on 13…