Commodifying health care
The UK's National Health Service and the Independent Sector Treatment Centre Programme
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21189765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stewart Player (0000-0001-9493-8048, Queen's University), Stewart Player Stewart Player, Colin Leys (0000-0002-3832-3097, Queen's University), Colin Leys Colin Leys |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Organisation Labour & Globalisation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-641X • E-ISSN: 1745-6428 |
| Publisher | Pluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.2.2.0009 |
| OpenAlex | W2334876382 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Since the year 2000 successive British governments have pushed ahead with the transformation of the National Health Service into a health care market with a strong component of for-profit provision. Focusing on the crucial first step in the privatisation of clinical services, this article examines how the four key requirements for the commodification of a public service were fulfilled — first, breaking up health care into standardised units that could be priced; second, inducing the public to use the new commodified services; third, inducing the workforce to work for shareholders; and fourth, getting the state to underwrite the risk involved. What emerges is a story of the deep penetration of the UK state by the private health care industry, including major players with a serious history of fraud
Business · Commodification · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Health care · Political science · Private sector · Public health · Public relations · Public sector · Workforce · Health Services Management and Policy · Healthcare Quality and Management · Healthcare Systems and Challenges · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |