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The policy and politics of healthcare corporatisation: The case of the English NHS

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  • Sheaff, Rod
  • Allen, Pauline
  • Exworthy, Mark
  • Mannion, Russell

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Few accounts of healthcare corporatisation examine the effects of the 2008 financial crisis. New Politics of the Welfare State (NPWS) theories recognise the relevance of crises but give more attention to programmatic than systemic (structural) retrenchment, and little to healthcare corporatisation.

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  • Sheaff, Rod & Allen, Pauline & Exworthy, Mark & Mannion, Russell, 2024. "The policy and politics of healthcare corporatisation: The case of the English NHS," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 342(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:342:y:2024:i:c:s0277953623008626
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116505
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