Primary care trusts and primary care research

Will primary care trusts lead to US-style health care?

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The Commissioning Function of Primary Care Groups and Trusts

discussed by looking at the development of commissioning (or purchasing) in the internal market. In the following section PCG/Ts main institutional features will be described and the progress they have made in commissioning will be discussed. An international comparison with American Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs) will be developed before a brief concluding discussion of the central is...

Can primary care groups and trusts improve health?

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Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts?

Primary care research ethics.

Research activity in primary care is increasing rapidly, and raises a range of specific ethical issues. Many of these relate to the involvement of individuals in the community who are not seeking medical care and to the impact of research participation on relationships between general practitioners and their patients. The ethical issues pertinent to a range of quantitative and qualitative resea...