Can the hospices survive the market? A financial analysis of palliative care provision in Scotland.
Hospices are undergoing changes in the way they are funded by health boards as a result of the change to a contract-setting regime in the NHS. This may have implications for the overall funding position of the hospices; particularly there is a concern as to whether charitable giving to these bodies will decrease as a result. Analyses the accounts of Scottish voluntary sector hospices over the transition period as a means of identifying any such changes. Finds no immediate threat to the continued functioning of the hospices, on a financial basis.
Department of Accounting and Business Method, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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D003284:Contract Services; D003625:Data Collection; D005381:Financing, Organized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005653:Fund Raising / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006302:Health Services Research; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit / Q000191:economics; D011332:Privatization / Q000191:economics*; D012606:Scotland; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D014838:Volunteers