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. 2008 Apr 12;336(7648):807-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39524.400498.AD.

Let patients control the purse strings

Vidhya Alakeson  1
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Let patients control the purse strings

Vidhya Alakeson. BMJ. .

Abstract

Patient choice is much talked about in the NHS and other health systems but action has been limited. Vidhya Alakeson argues that piloting individual healthcare budgets would signal real commitment to creating patient centred care

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Fig 1 Rates of service use among 131 participants in Florida self directed care programme and matched sample receiving care through standard channels, 2005-6
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