Formula funding of public services

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 educa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Smith, Peter author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Taylor & Francis 2007.
Colección:Routledge studies in business organization and networks.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745272306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the scene
  • Formula funding within a public finance framework
  • The elements of formula funding
  • Formula funding : a production function perspective
  • Empirical capitation methods
  • Budgetary risk and formula funding
  • Paying for quality : the case of UK general practitioners
  • The political economy of formula funding
  • Concluding comments.