Scientific-bureaucratic Medicine and Uk Health Policy1

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ID4073771
AuthorsStephen Harrison (0000-0001-5951-3300, University of Leeds), Bruce Wood (University of Manchester)
Year2000
Volume17
Issue4
Pages25-42
Publication date2000-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-1338.2000.tb00955.x
PMID17152688
OpenAlexW2168301886
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited14

One prominent method for controlling health costs is to find measures for the management of demand. Various options exist for this; and many of them have been tried during the fifty years of the UK's National Health Service. Current policy now focuses on what may be called "scientific-bureaucratic medicine." This policy is based on the assumptions that valid medical knowledge is derived from accumulated research evidence and that such knowledge should be implemented through clinical guidelines which are enforced to some extent. This UK development has parallels with the US Agency for Health Care Policy and Research whose experience, therefore, raises some policy issues for the UK

Bureaucracy · Economics · Economy · Health care · Parallels · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Law · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Public Administration · Health Policy

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