The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7444 p332
24 March 2007

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Payment by Results to evolve

Payment by Results — the system used to pay hospitals for the services they provide — is set to evolve following proposals set out in a consultation published by the Department of Health.

Ideas under consideration include setting some prices based on effective practice, rather than on average costs and extending the principles of PbR to a wider range of services and settings.