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June 2001
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Expenditure on healthcare in the UK: a review of the issues
Type: Journal Articles
Authors: Carol Propper
ISSN: Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 151-183
JEL classification: I1, H4.

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This review examines the performance of the UK healthcare system. After presenting data on the level and distribution of resources, three topics are examined. The first is the lessons from international comparisons of evidence on expenditure, equity and healthcare outcomes. The second is the lessons from the recent internal market reforms. The third is the lessons from an analysis of the role for private finance in UK healthcare. The review concludes that economists and policymakers need to focus more attention on the relationship between healthcare inputs - expenditure - and health outcomes, and, within this, on the incentives facing suppliers and demanders of healthcare.

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