Mental health policy in the United States and Britain has been moving in a similar direction for several decades, from institution to community based services. In both countries there is a pressing need to speed the pace of service development in the community, and also awareness is growing that service ...
This paper traces the origins of the Oregon plan, explains how it works and passes judgment on its worth. The Oregon plan is a controversial health rationing plan for the poor under America's Medicaid system. Over 700 services have been ranked in priority order and the state legislature has said ...
This volume describes in detail the organisation of resources and the distribution of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and others working in geriatric units. It also examines and compares different styles of geriatric practice. The authors argue that planning should be done on a national basis. They include suggestions for ...
The aim of this study is to explore the effect of alternative methods of financing health services on health service performance - particularly performance with respect to efficiency and equity - in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. All countries face certain dilemmas in financing health services: health ...
This is a guide to researching the history of nursing covering the research method and the major readings in the discipline of history which will help anyone interested in the history of nursing to develop that interest in the ways most appropriate to them. The first section is concerned with ...
This conference was convened to consider and discuss the hospital services, their organisation and scope with special reference to methods of administration. From each country was presented a paper written by the representative of that country dealing in fairly general terms with the principal features of its acute hospital service.