Priority Setting in Action - Purchasing Dilemmas

The power of purchasers exposes the weaknesses of conventional thinking on the costs and benefits of priorities. Health policy analysts now have to develop rational criteria to support decisions in a process which may be inherently intuitive. This authoritative and practical text points the way towards clear choices in resource allocation and the implications of these choices on expenditure diverted among different health care programmes.

List of contents

1. The international context 2. The Southampton experience 3. Lessons learned 4. Emergent themes 5. Outstanding issues

About the author

Frank Honigsbaum (Senior Research Fellow, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham), John Richards (Strategic Planner, Southampton and South West Hampshire, Health Commission), Tony Lockett (Head of Financial Planning and Health Economics, Southampton and South West Hampshire, Health Commission)

Summary

The power of purchasers exposes the weaknesses of conventional thinking on the costs and benefits of priorities

Product details

• Authors: Chris Ham, Ham Chris, Frank Honigsbaum, Honigsbaum Frank, Tony Lockett, Lockett Tony, John Richards, Richards John
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.06.1995
• EAN: 9781857751000
• ISBN: 978-1-85775-100-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Budgeting, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Emergency Management, Emergency Services, Budgeting & financial management, Budgeting and financial management, Health systems & services, Health systems and services