The Cost of the National Health Service in England and Wales

Originally published in 1956, this book presents an investigation into the cost of the National Health Service.

Brian Abel-Smith (Author), Richard M. Titmuss (Author)

9781316606889, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 April 2016

200 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg

Originally published in 1956, as number 17 in the Occasional Papers of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research series, this book presents an investigation into the cost of the National Health Service. Using the technique of 'social accounting', the text was written 'to trace for the National Health Service as a whole in England and Wales, and for each of its main branches, the changes in factor cost and in the amount of resources absorbed since the Service was established'. Appendices are included and numerous tables are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in socio-economic history and the development of the National Health Service.

Foreword C. W. Guillebaud
Introduction W. A. B. Hopkin
1. The background of the study
2. Expenditure on health: concepts and definitions
3. Sources and methods
4. Trends in cost, 1948–54
5. Capital expenditure on the National Health Service
6. Conclusions
Appendix A. A classified reconciliation between the cost of the National Health Service to public funds in productive resources and the Appropriation Accounts
Appendix B. The current cost of the National Health Service to public funds in productive resources expressed in constant prices
Appendix C. Trading activities in the hospital service
Appendix D. Part-time and whole-time medical and dental staff in the hospital service
Appendix E. An analysis of the rise in the cost of the pharmaceutical service
Appendix F. The use of capital expenditure to save current expenditure
Appendix G. A comparison of hospital capital expenditure in 1938/9 and 1952/3
Appendix H. The hospital population
Appendix I. Population change and the future cost of the National Health Service
Summary
Index.

Subject Areas: Public finance [KFFD]