Abstract
In the wake of the Child B rationing controversy, the Anti-Rationing Group challenged purchasers to allow them to scrutinise their practice. Eight health authorities accepted and, say Colin Roberts and colleagues, the results show public money being needlessly wasted on a staggering scale.
MeSH terms
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Community Health Services / economics
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Community Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
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Health Care Costs
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Health Care Rationing / statistics & numerical data*
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Health Care Surveys
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Health Priorities
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Hospital Charges
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Hospitals, Public / economics
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Hospitals, Public / statistics & numerical data*
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Regional Health Planning
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State Medicine / economics
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United Kingdom