title: [Psychotherapy in a tax-financed sectorized health care system--a happy ending or disaster for English patients?].
abstract: Compared to other European countries' health systems, the NHS is very different. Finance by taxes, standards set by frameworks and statutory bodies to monitor nationwide the outcome, are virtually unknown on the Continent. For the patients there are considerable differences in how they are referred to psychotherapy and receive their treatment based on guaranteed standards. Health professionals identified with the NHS have to cope with a plethora of government directives.
authors.affiliation: St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, England. w.meyer@qmul.ac.uk
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004739:England; D005060:Europe; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics*; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000191:economics*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D013660:Taxes / Q000191:economics*