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8776320

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7055
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-9
pubmed:abstractText
The instrument through which a commissioner purchases health services from a provider is, as in other walks of life, a contract, so considerable importance has been attached by the NHS Executive to the contracting mechanism. A contract should in theory influence the quality of the service provided, but they are in many cases an inappropriate vehicle for driving clinical care. Much clinical activity is related to the management of chronic diseases and the effects of aging. The implicit contract here is based not on process and outcome measures but on mutual trust between doctors and patients that the doctors will provide the best care they can within budgetary constraints.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0959-8138
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
313
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
477-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Can contracts drive clinical care?
pubmed:affiliation
Research Unit, Royal College of Physicians, London.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't