PubMed · 10136091
Costing and competition.
Abstract
Working for patients established a new system of contracts between providers and purchasers of healthcare, with prices based on full costs, avoiding cross-subsidization. The new regime necessitates greatly improved costing systems, to improve the efficiency of service provision by creating price competition between providers. Ken Bates and Stan Brignall argue that non-price competition also occurs, with providers 'differentiating' on quality of service/product, flexibility or innovation.
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K Bates, S Brignall. Costing and competition.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10136091/
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