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Formula funding of public services / / Peter C. Smith



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Autore: Smith Peter (Peter C.) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Formula funding of public services / / Peter C. Smith Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Taylor & Francis, 2007
New York : , : Routledge, , 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
Disciplina: 352.48
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Soggetto topico: Municipal services - Finance
Resource allocation
Soggetto non controllato: risk
adjustment
case
payment
capitation
payments
mechanism
mechanisms
cream
skimming
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,
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ISBN: 0-415-51152-6
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.: 9910765897503321
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Serie: Routledge studies in business organization and networks ; ; 41.