Beschreibung:
Hospital Policy in the United Kingdom provid es the most comprehensive analysis of hospital services in t he United Kingdom to date and examines key factors that shou ld be taken into account when planning health care systems.
1: The development of hospital policy; 2: Why general hospitals?; 3: Systems of hospitals; 4: Hospitals and other providers; 5: Scale, scope and clinical quality; 6: Scale, scope and costs; 7: Access; 8: The demand for hospital services; 9: The supply of hospital services; 10: Access: prospects and policies; 11: What should be done?; Annex; Bibliographical notes