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Total purchasing and the management of emergency hospital activity

Author:

King's Fund, Health Services Management Centre (University of Birmingham), McLeod, Hugh, and Raftery, James

Publication date:

2000

Abstract:

This report focuses on the 16 TPPs in England which pursued the objective of reducing acute hospital emergency admissions and/or length of stay to at least the end of the second 'live' year, March 1998. The analysis of hospital episode statistics was undertaken in order to establish whether the action ...
Hospital activity changes and total purchasing in 1996/7

Author:

Health Economics Facility (Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham), King's Fund, Raftery, James, and McLeod, Hugh

Publication date:

1999

Abstract:

This report summarises the hospital activity analysis for two types of first-wave total purchasing pilots (TPPs), 'commissioner' TPPs and 'co-purchaser' TPPs. The main objective of the analysis was to compare changes in hospital activity, in the areas for which TPPs had objectives, with those of comparators. The authors conclude that: ...
Contracting by total purchasing pilot projects 1997-98

Author:

Raftery, James, McLeod, Hugh, King's Fund, Robinson, Ray, and Robison, Judy

Publication date:

1998

Abstract:

In a previous working paper the results of a survey of the contracting arrangements of the 53 first wave total purchasing pilot (TPP) projects during 1996-97 were given. This working paper reports the results of a follow-up survey carried out for the 1997-98 contracting round. The survey was designed to ...