Formula Funding of Public Services

ISBN-13: 9780415511520 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 192 str.

Peter C. Smith

Opis

The use of formulae has become widespread across most developed countries and, in Britain, services such as healthcare, local government and higher education are funded in this way. Peter Smith offers an introduction to the theory and practice behind their use and the political, statistical and economic issues surrounding them.

Spis treści

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 Capitation Methods  6. Budgetary Risk and Formula Funding  7. Paying for Quality: The Case of UKGeneral Practitioners  8. The Political Economy of Formula Funding  9. Concluding Comments  Technical Appendix B: Calculating Measures of Local Health Care Supply References'

O autorze

Smith, Peter C.