title: Purchasing palliative care: availability and cost implications.
abstract: This paper reports on a survey of the availability of palliative care in Scotland, in the context of the internal market introduced as part of the NHS reforms. It is based on a survey of both the cost and availability of such service, with a discussion of the implications of this information for purchasers of palliative care.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Sector Accounting Research (IPSAR), University of Edinburgh.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lapsley
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Llewellyn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tierney
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sladden
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012606:Scotland; D013222:State Medicine