Health Care Systems
Health care systems organise the finance and delivery of health care. They vary by country, reflecting specific history, culture, and economics. To maximise coverage and efficiency they must evolve with changing demographics, needs, and technologies.
Building for Health
1 July 1970
In 1948 the newly created National Health Service inherited a stock of buildings which varied very widely in both quality and quantity from area to area.…
Ophthalmic Service
1 July 1970
inscription, ‘Here lies Salvino Armato, the inventor of spectacles’. The inscription is probably inaccurate since both the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Chinese were aware of…
Human Relations in General Practice
1 July 1969
Proceedings of a Symposium held at The Royal College of General Practitioners, London 15 September 1968 It is frequently suggested that personal relationships between General Practitioners…
General Practice Today
1 July 1968
WITH the inception of the National Health Service in 1948 the scope of general practice was enlarged to provide free medical care for each and every…
Without Prescription: a Study of the Role of Self-Medication
1 July 1968
The total expenditure on medicines in the United Kingdom in 1966 was £267 million. Of this £188 million was for medicines prescribed on the National Health…
Efficiency in the Hospital Service
7 January 1967
In 1965 the National Health Service cost the nation over £1300 million of which the Hospital Service absorbed almost £800 million. Where such very large sums…
Provision of General Medical Care in New Towns
1 July 1967
Proceedings of a Symposium held at College of General Practitioners, London 19th & 20th April 1966 MEETINGS can be of two types. In the first, a…
Medical Manpower
7 January 1966
In 1964 there were estimated to be 55,000 doctors actively engaged in medicine in England and Wales. In addition to these probably some 8000 to 9000…