Rationing and rationality in the National Health Service
Subtitle: the persistence of waiting lists
By: edited by Stephen Frankel and Robert West.
Contributors: Frankel, Stephen.; West, R. R.
Series: Economic issues in health care
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: National Health Service (Great Britain) -- Economic aspects.; Health services administration -- Great Britain.; Medical care -- Great Britain -- Finance.; Medical ethics -- Great Britain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-148) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Origins of waiting lists / Stephen Frankel; title: Waiting lists and health policy / John Cullis; title: Joining the queue: demand and decision making / Robert West; title: Opening the gate: referrals from primary to secondary care / Stephen Farrow and David Jewell; title: Entering the lobby: access to outpatient assessment / Stephen Frankel and Margaret Robbins; title: And so to bed: access to inpatient services; title: What is to be done? / Stephen Frankel and Robert West.