title: Purchasing. The wasted millions.
abstract: In the wake of the Child B rationing controversy, the Anti-Rationing Group challenged purchasers to allow them to scrutinise their practice. Eight health authorities accepted and, say Colin Roberts and colleagues, the results show public money being needlessly wasted on a staggering scale.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Wales, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crosby
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grundy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shellard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006292:Health Priorities; D017722:Hospital Charges; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics; D006113:United Kingdom