Understanding competition and choice in the NHS

"This report examines the changes in the roles of the NHS and the private sector in the funding and provision of two elective in-patient procedures: hip and knee replacements."

Public payment and private provision: the changing landscape of health care in the 2000s
S Arora, A Charlesworth, E Kelly, G Stoye
Nuffield Trust, Institute for Fiscal Studies
May 2013

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