Purchasing. The wasted millions

Health Serv J. 1996 Oct 10;106(5524):24-7.

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

  • Community Health Services / economics
  • Community Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
  • Health Care Costs
  • Health Care Rationing / statistics & numerical data*
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Health Priorities
  • Hospital Charges
  • Hospitals, Public / economics
  • Hospitals, Public / statistics & numerical data*
  • Regional Health Planning
  • State Medicine / economics
  • United Kingdom