title: [The new strategy of the British health system: reflections on the changes in British health care system in the light of the WHO report on the financing of health systems worldwide].
abstract: The search for a strategy that can optimise resources far the financing of health systems is currently the subject of numerous worldwide experiments. This interest stems from the fact that in most countries, although having each one different specific characteristics, governments try to improve the efficiency and equity of health care. This worle analyses how innovative financing options at national level can be combined with decision-making processes typical of quality management to devise strategies far funding health services that are oriented towards their continuous improvement. The paper discusses, in particular, the strategy adopted in England, where the new law Equity and Excellence, liberating the NHS radically changes the management of the NHS, giving patients the choice of using different types of structures and therefore the possibility to find the most convenient combination in order to obtain the required service.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali "R. Argenziano", Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Pavia.
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vaccari
authors.forename: Costantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Passerino
authors.forename: Maria Laura
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Giagnorio
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000191:economics; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D004739:England; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000191:economics; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014944:World Health Organization