GPs should have to take financial responsibility

Because only by getting doctors to acknowledge that NHS resources are scarce, that every clinical decision has an opportunity cost, and that they should take financial responsibility for a finite envelope of resources can we shape a state funded healthcare system that reflects the health needs of th...

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Published in:	BMJ Vol. 341; no. oct14 1; p. c5613
Main Author:	Ruta, Danny
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 2010 BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:	Budgets Competition Consortia Hospitals Opportunity costs Performance management Physicians Population
Online Access:	Get full text
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