Towards investing in health gain

BMJ 1994;308:1117-1118 (30 April)

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Towards investing in health gain

The finest strategies must be backed up with the best science

The main task of NHS purchasers should be to reshape servicesto achieve the greatest possible improvements in their population'shealth. The obstacles to that endeavour are many. They includethe scientific problems of measuring the effectiveness of, andhence need for, clinical interventions*RF 1-3* and the politicalproblems of bringing about changes in the teeth of fiercelyheld interests. As relatively small organisations, purchasersneed all the help they can get with the sheer complexity ofaltering so many interlocking aspects of provision of the healthservices while meeting the many other demands of their new role.

Coming to their rescue is the Welsh Health Planning Forum'srecently completed series of protocols for investment in healthgain,*RF 4-17* which summarises the science and mobilises thepolitical will. The series highlights both the advantages andthe pitfalls of such . . . [Full text of this article]

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