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Requirements for health care purchasers

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Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990s

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In many health care systems there is an increasing recognition that markets, which are networks of buyers and sellers, may be made to work more efficiently if the roles of purchaser and provider are more clearly separated. Such a separation permits a clear definition of the roles of the contractors for health care services and facilitates greater openness and accountability in decision making.

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  1. Alan Maynard
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  1. Welsh School of Pharmacy, University of Wales College, Cardiff, UK

    Stuart R. Walker (Director of the Centre for Medicines Research, Carshalton, and Honorary Professor) (Director of the Centre for Medicines Research, Carshalton, and Honorary Professor)

  2. University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London University, London, UK

    Rachel M. Rosser (Professor of Psychiatry and Head of Department) (Professor of Psychiatry and Head of Department)

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Maynard, A. (1993). Requirements for health care purchasers. In: Walker, S.R., Rosser, R.M. (eds) Quality of Life Assessment: Key Issues in the 1990s. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2988-6_26

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