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Health and Health Services: An Introduction to Health Care in Britain book cover

1st Edition

Health and Health Services An Introduction to Health Care in Britain

By John R. Butler, Michael S.B. Vaile Copyright 1984
226 Pages
by Routledge

Based on authors’ experiences in working in the NHS and in teaching medical students, nurses, social science undergraduates and trainees in community medicine, Health and Health Services (originally published in 1984) is an introductory text on health care policies. Since its introduction in 1948, the National Health Service had frequently been the focus of intense scrutiny, debate, conflict... Read more

1. An organising framework: the health services system 2. Health, health services and politics 3. Some epidemiological trends in the United Kingdom 4. Spending on health services 5. Financing health services 6. The allocation of financial resources 7. The allocation of care 8. The structure of the National Health Service 9. The policy-making process 10. Thinking about outputs 11. The importance of measuring outputs: effectiveness, efficiency and need 12. The evaluation of health care 13. Quality control in health care

Biography

John R. Butler

Michael S.B. Vaile

Review of the first publication:

“The book is clearly written and refreshingly jargon free…a great deal of important ground is covered embracing a mix of disciplines.”

— David J Hunter, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 14, Issue 1

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