Journal of Management in Medicine: Volume 14 Issue 1
Table of contents
Home care and the reshaping of acute hospitals in England – An overview of problems and possibilities
Gerald WistowA changing boundary between hospital and home‐care services over two decades has taken place enabling people to live in their own homes wherever possible, enabling “choice of…
Assessing payback from NHS reactive research programmes
Brian Ferguson, Peter Kelly, Amanda Georgiou, George Barnes, Barbara Sutherland, Bill WoodbridgeAims to assess retrospectively the payback from NHS reactive research programmes in the Northern and Yorkshire region. A questionnaire was sent to all recipients of regional…
Change in primary health care: new wine in old bottles?
John Newton, Joanne Graham, Kevin McLoughlin, Alice Moore, Duncan McTavishDescribes the findings from the first year of an evaluation of change at a PMS+ site in West Cumbria. The study has used qualitative methods including non‐participant observation…
Strategic marketing management for health management: cross impact matrix and TOWS
Tony ProctorOrganisations operate within a three‐tiered environment – internal, micro and macro. The environment is a powerjul force acting upon the effectiveness of strategic decision…
An empirical analysis of the purchaser‐provider relationship in the NHS internal market
Keith E. Gray, Deb GhoshIntroduces the relationship marketing paradigm as a means of analysing the purchaser‐provider relationship within the NHS internal market. This focus is justified in the context…