How contracting will force us to ask questions we never asked before.
This paper examines the impact of the separation of the purchaser from the provider and in particular the effects of placing service contracts. The paper assumes the role of the purchaser authority and examines some of the questions and assumptions that will influence the type of work to be purchased.
South East Staffordshire Health Authority.
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D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004526:Efficiency; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D011788:Quality of Life; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom; D026712:Value of Life