Formula funding of public services / / Peter C. Smith
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| Autore: |
Smith Peter (Peter C.)
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| Titolo: |
Formula funding of public services / / Peter C. Smith
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 352.48 |
| 363.6068/1 | |
| 363.60681 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Municipal services - Finance |
| Resource allocation | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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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| Sommario/riassunto: | 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, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Formula funding of public services |
| ISBN: | 1-134-22984-4 |
| 1-134-22985-2 | |
| 1-280-56700-7 | |
| 9786610567003 | |
| 0-203-01302-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910348236603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge studies in business organization and networks ; ; 41.