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Economics and public policy - NHS research and development as a public good
— (The York series on the NHS White Paper - a research agenda) | | Author(s) | A J Culyer |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Health Economics, York Health Economics Consortium, NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York |
| Publisher | University of York, York, 1998 |
| Pages | 21 pp (Centre for Health Economics Discussion paper, 163) |
| Source | Publications Centre, Centre for Health Economics, University of York YO10 5DD. |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Grant allocation ; Research ; Econometrics ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The research and development (R&D) supported by the National Health Service (NHS) is analysed as a "public good". This paper identifies other characteristics of NHS R&D: supplier-induced demand; information asymmetries; jointness in production of R&D; medical education and health care; multiplicity in research funding sources; uncertainty about research outcomes; the difficulty of measuring and valuing research outcomes; and the behavioural characteristics of the institutions which produce R&D. The main conclusion is that a centrally planned approach is unlikely to solve these problems arising from these characteristics, whereas the creation of an appropriate institutional and behavioural framework is more promising. The recent reforms in the arrangements for supporting R&D in the NHS can be seen as a response consistent with this analysis, are outlined and set in their historical context. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990309204 B |
| Classmark | L4: QCG: 3A: WE: TM2 |
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