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The new GP contract in English primary health care: an ethnographic study

McDonald, Ruth; Checkland, Kath; Harrison, Steve - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 22 (2009) 1, pp. 21-34

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact of contracts on general practise in the UK National Health Service. In particular, it is concerned with the response of practitioners to the apparent flexibilities offered in the new contract with its focus on outcomes rather than...

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General practitioner non‐principals benefit from flexible working

French, Fiona; Andrew, Jane; Awramenko, Morag; Coutts, Helen - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 19 (2005) 1, pp. 5-15

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore non‐principals’ working patterns and attitudes to work. Design/methodology/approach – The article is based on data provided by a questionnaire survey. Findings – Gender division was apparent among the non‐principals. Males were more...

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Perceptions of the impact of primary care organizations on GP prescribing

Prosser, Helen; Walley, Tom - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 21 (2007) 1, pp. 5-26

Purpose – This qualitative study aims to examine key stakeholders' perspectives of primary care group/trust prescribing strategies. Within the context of general practice prescribing, the paper also debates the wider issue of whether GPs' prescribing autonomy is under threat from managerial...

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General practitioners’ decisions about discontinuation of medication: an explorative study

Nixon, Michael Simon; Vendelø, Morten Thanning - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 30 (2016) 4, pp. 565-580

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how general practitioners’ (GPs) decisions about discontinuation of medication are influenced by their institutional context. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 24 GPs were interviewed, three practices were observed and documents...

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How professional identity shapes youth healthcare

Dadich, Ann; Jarrett, Carmen; Robards, Fiona; Bennett, David - In: Journal of Health Organization and Management 29 (2015) 3, pp. 317-342

Purpose – The primary care sector is experiencing considerable change. How change and uncertainty are accommodated by the professional identity of medicine has not been examined. The purpose of this paper is to address the youth healthcare as an exemplar as this field is often a source of...

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Uncovering the desired qualities and behaviours of general practitioners (GPs) during medical (service recovery) encounters

Gruber, Thorsten; Frugone, Fabricio - In: Journal of Service Management 22 (2011) 4, pp. 491-521

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to uncover the desired qualities and behaviours that patients believe general practitioners (GPs) should have in medical (service recovery) encounters. In particular, the authors try to reveal the qualities and behaviours of GPs that patients value, to...

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Retrospective evaluations of playful experiences

Mukherjee, Sayantani; Lau-Gesk, Loraine - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 33 (2016) 5, pp. 387-395

Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of key affective moments of a playful experience on consumers’ overall retrospective evaluations. Design/methodology/approach The authors build on past literature on hedonic psychology and sequential preferences and link it to specific...

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Convention attendance and gaming volume in South Korean casinos

Malek, Kristin; Kim, Jungsun (Sunny) - In: International Journal of Event and Festival Management 7 (2016) 1, pp. 66-80

attendance on gaming volume (both monthly coin-in and table game drop). Design/methodology/approach – Performance monthly data … empirically examine the effects of convention attendance on gaming revenues in Asian markets. …

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Electricity market equilibrium of thermal and wind generating plants in emission trading environment

Xun, Binbin; Wen, Fushuan; Tong, Shulin - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 5 (2011) 3, pp. 416-435

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the gaming equilibrium among fossil‐fueled generation companies … contribution and the value of this study lie in developing a model framework to explore the gaming equilibrium that thermal and …

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Segmenting slot machine players: a factor‐cluster analysis

Chen, Sandy C.; Shoemaker, Stowe; Zemke, Dina Marie V. - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 25 (2013) 1, pp. 23-48

Purpose – Slot machines and other machine gaming generate between 65 percent and 90 percent of a US casino's revenue … players. This study can help gaming machine manufacturers design new products and features to serve existing machine gaming … customers and to attract new customers. Casino and other gaming operators can use this information not only to select the right …

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