fundholding

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fundholding

(ˈfʌndˌhəʊldɪŋ)
n
(Economics) (formerly, in the National Health Service in Britain) the system enabling general practitioners to receive a fixed budget from which to pay for primary care, drugs, and nonurgent hospital treatment for patients
ˈfundˌholder n
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GP fundholding has cut out money from hospitals and A & E, so when there's a need for an ambulance, there's no money.
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Rice (2009) Health Care Deprivation Profiles in the Measurement of Inequality and Inequity: An Application to GP Fundholding in the English NHS.
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This intervention stemmed from UK's NHS reform (40), which made it possible for doctors to be responsible for part of the budget, receiving and managing a budget ceiling (Fundholding).
Impact of interventions to promote the use of generic drugs: a systematic review
Thatcher brought the concept of fundholding and the internal market to the NHS.
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It means advanced and deferred payment methods, with priority given to per capita financing and gradual introduction of fundholding.
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Anxiety and depression in general practitioners: associations with type of practice, fundholding, gender and other personal characteristics.
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From the advent of General Practitioner (GP) fundholding in the 1990s to the latest Clinical Commissioning Groups, rationing by healthcare professionals on behalf of the government has become more explicit.
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Influences of practice characteristics on prescribing in fundholding and non-fundholding general practices: an observational study.
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There was some piloting and research on General Practitioner Fundholding, and researchers have attempted to evaluate the changes after the event.
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