UID:
almafu_9959148202102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (193 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9786610567003
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9780415511520
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0415511526
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9781134229840
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1134229844
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9781134229857
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1134229852
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9781280567001
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1280567007
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9780203013021
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0203013026
Serie:
Routledge studies in Business Organizations and Networks ; 41
Inhalt:
The use of formulae has become widespread in recent years across most developed countries. In the UK, a conservative estimate is that annually £150 billion of public service expenditure is distributed using formulae, in services such as health care, local government, social security and higher education. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice underlying the use of such formulae as a basis for funding public services. The philosophy, design and economic consequences of funding formulae have become key policy issues worldwide. However, till now,
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Setting the scene; 2 Formula funding within a public finance framework; 3 The elements of formula funding; 4 Formula funding: a production function perspective; 5 Empirical methods; 6 Budgetary risk and formula funding; 7 Paying for quality: The case of UK general practitioners; 8 The political economy of formula funding; 9 Concluding comments; Technical appendix A: Some mathematics of risk pooling; Technical appendix B: Calculating measures of local health care supply
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ReferencesIndex
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-36289-X
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-65489-0
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.4324/9780203013021
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