title: A question of balance.
abstract: Too few hospitals have clear policies to help patients to spend their money, and patients are often given too little choice. Health authorities and hospitals are in urgent need of better guidance, writes Ginny Jenkins.
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authors: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing / Q000191:economics; D005375:Financial Audit; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000592:standards*; D006763:Hospitals, Chronic Disease / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000191:economics*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics; D006113:United Kingdom