title: Acute care. Policymakers see hospital chains as the NHS's missing link.
authors.forename: Alastair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McLellan
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003422:Critical Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom