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Schöpfer:: 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 ...

Schöpfer:: Total Purchasing National Evaluation Team, Raftery, James, Malbon, Gill, Bevan, Gwyn, McLeod, Hugh, Abbott, Stephen, Killoran, Amanda, Robinson, Ray, Mays, Nicholas, Posnett, John, Goodwin, Nick, Wyke, Sally, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 1999
Abstract:: Total purchasing was the first major 'internal market' policy initiative to be extensively evaluated by the Department of Health and Scottish Office. This report draws together the main evidence from the evaluation in order to inform the development of the new primary care organisations in the NHS, which came into ...

Schöpfer:: 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: ...

Schöpfer:: Robison, Judy, King's Fund, Robinson, Ray, and Raftery, James
Publication date:: 1998
Abstract:: While most GP practices participating in total purchasing have some experience of contracting with health care providers, the extension of their responsibilities has, in many cases, taken them into entirely new areas and posed a set of challenges for primary care-based purchasing. This paper concentrates on a central element of ...

Schöpfer:: 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 ...

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