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social science subjects > politics and international relations > governance > public-sector management > purchaser-provider split
... > social science subjects > business and management > management settings > business management > governance > public-sector management > purchaser-provider split

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purchaser-provider split  

Definition

  • An initiative to make health services more accountable for their expenditures by separating the functions of supplying and paying for services, so that for example a hospital has internal markets when different sections deal with each other (new public management). [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Purchaser-Provider Split]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-VDC999NR-2

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