Resource control: the seven per cent who spend the most.
The medical profession has long been notorious for its reluctance either to adopt an administrative role itself, or to participate fully with other NHS professions in health service management. Here, Dr Graham Page of the Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham University, argues that this can lead to a substantial waste of resources. An answer, he suggests, is that participation in management should be an integral part of medical education.
D003363:Cost Control; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010819:Physician's Role; D012380:Role; D006113:United Kingdom