background in recent years, accreditation of private hospitals followed by decentralisation of the italian national health service (nhs) into 21 regional health systems has provided a good empirical ground for investigating the tiebout principle of “voting with their feet”. we examine the infra-regional trade-off between greater patient choice (due to an increase in hospital services supply) an...

the death of the english national health service (nhs) may be slow in coming but that does not mean that it is not the conservative-led uk government’s desired end state. the government is displaying tactical cunning in achieving its long-term purpose to remould the british state. powell seeks greater clarity amidst the confusion but the lack of clarity is a principal weapon in the government’s...