Moving toward managed care: the United Kingdom National Health Service reforms.
The divergence between health care in the United States and the United Kingdom appears to be lessening. Although the starting points of the two countries are quite different, the demand for cost containment in the U.S. and the interest in increased competition in the U.K. have led to a similar emphasis on managed care. The author examines the benefits and problems of reform in the U.K.
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Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, England.
D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005194:Family Practice; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D006302:Health Services Research; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D018854:Managed Competition; D010358:Patient Participation; D011057:Politics; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D012935:Social Justice; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006113:United Kingdom