Some consequences of market forces in US hospitals: lessons for the new look NHS.
"We write", say Ann Greer and Scott Greer, "with the thought that an idea should not travel unencumbered by the experience of its implementation". They survey the arguments for a market in health care, describe the impact of competitive health policies in the USA and conclude that none of the expected benefits of the market have materialised.
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D004465:Economic Competition; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005376:Financial Management / Q000639:trends*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D009726:Nurses; D010820:Physicians; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States