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Review
. 2005 Dec 17;331(7530):1464-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1464.

Using markets to reform health care

Nigel Edwards  1
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Using markets to reform health care

Nigel Edwards. BMJ. .

Abstract

The English healthcare market will be different from conventional markets and may not behave in the same way. Predicting whether the reforms will produce the intended results is therefore difficult

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Effects of competition in the NHS are unpredictable
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