Mutualism and Health Care: Hospital Contributory Schemes in Twentieth-Century Britain

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Martin Gorsky John Mohan

Mutualism and Health Care

Hospital Contributory Schemes in Twentieth-Century Britain

Martin Gorsky, John Mohan, Tim Willis , Caroline Wilding

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Manchester University Press
03 September 2013

Health systems & services

Mutualism and health care, newly available in paperback, 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. The book evaluates the extent to which the schemes were successful in achieving comprehensive coverage of the population, funding hospital services, and broadening opportunities for participation in the governance of health care and for the expression of consumer views. It then explores why the option of funding the post-war NHS through mass contribution was rejected, and traces the transformation of the surviving schemes into health cash plans. This is a substantial investigation into the attractions and limitations of mutualism in health care. It is highly relevant to debates about organisational innovations in the delivery of welfare services. -- .

By: Martin Gorsky, John Mohan, Tim Willis
Index by: Caroline Wilding, Caroline Wilding
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780719065798
ISBN 10: 0719065798
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 September 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martin Gorsky is Senior Lecturer in the Contemporary History of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. John Mohan is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Southampton. Tim Willis is a Research Officer in the Department for Work and Pensions

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Hospital Contributory Schemes in Twentieth-Century Britain

Martin Gorsky, John Mohan, Tim Willis , Caroline Wilding

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