Purchasing palliative care: availability and cost implications.
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.
King
M
M
Institute of Public Sector Accounting Research (IPSAR), University of Edinburgh.
Lapsley
I
I
Llewellyn
S
S
Tierney
A
A
Anderson
J
J
Sladden
S
S
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