Abstract
The National Health Service (NHS), as originally envisaged in 1948, was to provide the best possible medical care for everyone. The stock of ill-health was to be gradually eroded by the quality and comprehensiveness of the services provided. The demand for health care, insofar as it was a function of ill-health, would decrease and in turn the quantity of resources consumed by the health service would diminish.
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Mooney, G., McGuire, A. (1987). Distributive Justice with Special Reference to Geographical Inequality and Health Care. In: Williams, A. (eds) Health and Economics. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18800-0_4
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