Finance. Money changes everything.
The DoH wants to introduce payment by results to mental healthcare by 2008-09. The NHS Information Authority case-mix service is developing healthcare resource groups for inpatients and community care. One way to introduce payment by results to the sector would be to pay per item of service, such as per inpatient day.
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