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The use of formulae has become widespread in recent years across most developed countries. In the UK, a conservative estimate is that annually £150 billion of public service expenditure is distributed using formulae, in services such as health care, local government, social security and higher educa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Peter (Peter C.)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:Routledge studies in business organization and networks ; 41.
Subjects:
Municipal services > Finance.
Resource allocation.
Affectation des ressources.
Municipal services > Finance
Resource allocation
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the scene
  • Formula funding within a public finance framework
  • The elements of formula funding
  • Formula funding : a production function perspective
  • Empirical capitation methods
  • Budgetary risk and formula funding
  • Paying for quality : the case of UK general practitioners
  • The political economy of formula funding
  • Concluding comments.