In order to address the issue of where the NHS reforms may lead, and qualify the argument of the status quo of implicit priority setting of care combined with the Health and Social Care Act reforms, an increased integration with market mechanisms through greater use of private sector services, and the already existing financial pressure that the NHS is under will lead to care being rationed within the NHS, it is useful to use the example of the Oregon Health Plan, where prominence was given to the priority setting of care. Whilst the demographics are different, as is the political […]
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