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Financial incentives, competition and a two tier service: lessons from the UK National Health Service internal market

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  • Milne, Robin G. & Torsney, Ben, 2003. "Financial incentives, competition and a two tier service: lessons from the UK National Health Service internal market," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(1), pages 1-12, April.
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    1. Gosden, Toby & Torgerson, David J., 1997. "The effect of fundholding on prescribing and referral costs: a review of the evidence," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 103-114, May.
    2. Propper, Carol & Wilson, Deborah & Soderlund, Neil, 1998. "The effects of regulation and competition in the NHS internal market: the case of general practice fundholder prices," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(6), pages 645-673, December.
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    2. Joan Costa-i-Font & Valentina Zigante, 2014. "The Choice Agenda' in European Health Systems: The Role of 'Middle Class Demands," LEQS – LSE 'Europe in Question' Discussion Paper Series 82, European Institute, LSE.
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