TY - BOOK AU - Walshe,Kieran TI - Regulating healthcare: a prescription for improvement? T2 - State of health series SN - 9780335210237 (hbk.) : AV - RA394.9 U1 - 362.10941 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Buckingham PB - Open University Press KW - Medical policy KW - Great Britain KW - United States KW - Health services administration KW - Health care reform KW - Health Care Reform KW - Health Services Administration KW - Health Policy KW - United Kingdom N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This title explores the development of healthcare regulation in both the UK and the USA, compares and contrasts their experiences, offers a structured approach to analysing the functions and methods of regulators, and develops principles that maximise the benefits and minimise the costs of regulation ER -