

Publisher: Policy Press
ISSN: 0305-5736
Source: Policy and Politics, Vol.14, Iss.4, 1986-10, pp. : 461-474
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Abstract
The paper discusses the impact of financial retrenchment on health care management, focussing on the experience of the National Health Service (NHS). It begins with a description of the changing financial climate from the mid 1970s onwards. This provides the context for an examination of the usefulness of recent British work on budgetary behaviour in public authorities, in particular, whether there has been a move towards a 'rational' model of budgeting. The paper focusses on budgetary
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