TY - GEN T1 - Mutualism and health care : Hospital contributory schemes in twentieth-century Britain. A1 - Gorsky, Martin A2 - Mohan, John A2 - Willis, Tim LA - English PP - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press YR - 2006 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn818847176 AB - Mutualism and health care presents the first comprehensive account of a major innovation in hospital funding before the NHS. The voluntary hospitals, which provided the bulk of Britain?s acute hospital services, diversified their financial base by establishing hospital contributory schemes. Through these, working people subscribed small, regular amounts to their local hospitals, in return for which they were eligible for free hospital care. Mutualism and health care evaluates the extent to which the schemes were successful in achieving comprehensive coverage of the population, funding hospital. OP - 256 CN - HG9399.G7 G672 SN - 9781847792167 SN - 1847792162 SN - 0719065798 SN - 9780719065798 SN - 9780719065781 KW - National health services : Great Britain. KW - Mutualism. KW - Hospitals : Administration. KW - Hospitals : Business management. KW - Health services administration. KW - Economics. KW - Organization. KW - Health facilities. KW - History. KW - Medical care. KW - Humanities. KW - Hospital Administration KW - Financial Management KW - Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Patient Care Management KW - History, Modern 1601- KW - Economics KW - Health Care Economics and Organizations KW - Organization and Administration KW - Health Facilities KW - Health Services Administration KW - History KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services KW - Humanities KW - Economics, Hospital KW - Financial Management, Hospital KW - Financial Support KW - History, 20th Century KW - Patient Care Management : methods KW - History, Early Modern 1451-1600 KW - Patient Care KW - Services de santé : Grande-Bretagne. KW - Mutualisme (Économie politique) KW - Hôpitaux : Administration. KW - Services de santé : Administration. KW - Médecine : Histoire : 1500- KW - Économie politique. KW - Organisation. KW - Équipements sanitaires. KW - Histoire. KW - Prestation de soins. KW - Sciences humaines. KW - Hôpitaux : Aspect économique. KW - Médecine : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Soins médicaux. KW - economics. KW - health facilities. KW - history (discipline) KW - humanities. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Social Security. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Social Services & Welfare. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Comparative Politics. KW - Organization KW - Medical care KW - Hospitals : Business management KW - Hospitals : Administration KW - Health services administration KW - Health facilities KW - Mutualism KW - National health services KW - Great Britain ER -