What can we learn from the total purchasing pilots about the management costs of Primary Care Groups? : a briefing paper for health authorities

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O Criador:

West Surrey Health Authority, Mays, Nicholas, Killoran, Amanda, King's Fund, Griffiths, Jenny, Posnett, John, and York Health Economics Consortium (University of York)

Publication date:

1998

Abstract:

This paper draws on the findings of three studies of the management costs of total purchasing (National Management Functions and Costs Study, and two studies undertaken as part of the National Evaluation of the Total Purchasing Pilots), to shed some light on the management costs of Primary care Groups (PCGs). ...