The modernisation of general practice in the UK: 1980 to 1995 and beyond. Part II.
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* to give consumers better choice by providing more information about local services, increasing competition between providers, and making it easier to change doctors * to make the terms of service more specific, aiming at cloning the new services already developed by better practices throughout primary care * to make the remuneration system more performance related, so that GPs would have an incentive to respond more to both what patients want and franchisors demand * to strengthen GPs' contractual relationships with the newly named Family Health Service Authorities * to ensure greater value for money in the services provided through general practice
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 72 851 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996