Certain rules have been developed on the minimum increases in public spending needed to cover the costs of aging and the costs of new technology. In practice elderly people only use certain kinds of service and much of the increase has had to be used to finance changes in other services. From...

Certain rules have been developed on the minimum increases in public spending needed to cover the costs of aging and the costs of new technology. In practice elderly people only use certain kinds of service and much of the increase has had to be used to finance changes in other services. From...

The total number of nursing and midwifery staff rose by 17 per cent from 1976 to 1982. The aim of this paper is to provide a detailed analysis of what this substantial investment actually meant in terms of grades, types of hospital and region. Total numbers in the general hospitals rose by 24...

This paper describes the evaluation of investment options in nurse human capital and examines how managers can identify the costs and benefits of alternative arrangements. This study followed a request from four health districts on Humberside (East Yorkshire, Grimsby, Hull and Scunthorpe) where...

This paper describes a study of local evidence from 6 socioeconomically different areas of England about the development of minor surgery in general practice since the 1990 contract. The results are discussed in relation to a review of the literature on minor surgery in general practice....

The East Anglian Regional Health Authority is concerned to base its budgetary decisions on accurate information about the costs of cross-boundary flows in the Region. A patient counts as a cross boundary flow when a resident in one district completes a spell as an in-patient in a hospital in...