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Purchasing palliative care: availability and cost implications.

M King·I Lapsley·S Llewellyn·A Tierney·J Anderson·S Sladden
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This paper reports on a survey of the availability of palliative care in Scotland, in the context of the internal market introduced as part of the NHS reforms. It is based on a survey of both the cost and availability of such service, with a discussion of the implications of this information for purchasers of palliative care.

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M King, I Lapsley, S Llewellyn, A Tierney, J Anderson, S Sladden. 1993. Purchasing palliative care: availability and cost implications.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7508427/

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