Independent sector treatment centres: evidence so far.

Independent Treatment Centres Are Not a Guarantee for High Quality and Low Healthcare Prices in The Netherlands – A Study of 5 Elective Surgeries

Background Independent treatment centres (ITCs) are a growing phenomenon in many healthcare systems. Focus factory theory predicts that ITCs provide high quality healthcare with low prices, through specialisation, high-volume and routine. This study examines if ITC care outperforms general hospital (GH) care within a regulated compe...

Equity and NHS reforms. What about independent sector treatment centres?

Independent sector treatment centres: learning from a Scottish case study.

نظریَه ی مدیریَت نوین دولتی و نقش آن در کارایی ارائه ی خدمات بهداشتی و درمانی در ایران

Introduction: The pattern of health services delivery across the world changes from a spectrum of pure public to pure private sector. The failure of pure private sector, as well as pure public sector, brought experts to recommend alternative approaches such as New Public Management theory as a third-way. This article was aimed to present the results of reform in East Azerbaijan Province on the ...

Regional variation in electroconvulsive therapy use.

Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most powerful treatment for depression, substantial variability in use has been described in Ireland. The Mental Health Commission collects usage data from approved centres but does not include home addresses or independent sector patients. Therefore, estimates of regional variation cannot be accurate, e.g. 145 (35% of total) independent sector pa...