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Healthcare providers in the English National Health Service: public, private or hybrids?

Allen, P. , Bartlett, W. , Perotin, V. , Matchaya, G. , Turner, S. and Zamora, B. (2011) Healthcare providers in the English National Health Service: public, private or hybrids? International Journal of Public and Private Healthcare Management and Economics, 1 (3). pp. 1-18. ISSN 2155-6423

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To link to this item DOI: 10.4018/ijpphme.2011070101

Abstract/Summary

In recent years it has been noted that boundaries between public and private providers of many types of welfare have become blurred. This paper uses three dimensions of publicness to analyse this blurring of boundaries in relation to providers of healthcare in England. The authors find that, although most care is still funded and provided by the state, there are significant additional factors in respect of ownership and social control which indicate that many English healthcare providers are better understood as hybrids. Furthermore, the authors raise concerns about the possible deleterious effects of diminishing aspects of publicness on English healthcare. The most important of these is a decrease in accountability

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
ID Code:26270
Publisher:Information Resources Management Association

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