Private sector treatment centres are treating less complex patients than the NHS

A study in the J R Soc Med by Anne Mason, Andrew Street, and Rossella Verzulli, coming to the conclusion that some private companies provide poor quality data. In general, the NHS is treating more http://premier-pharmacy.com/product/keflex/ complex patients than private providers. If complexity drives costs, then a fair reimbursement system would require higher payments for NHS providers.

• http://jrsm.rsmjournals.com/cgi/content/full/103/8/322
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913062/

Anne Mason, Andrew Street, and Rossella Verzulli. J R Soc Med 103(8): 322—331