Need to nuture: Outcomes-based commissioning in the NHS

"This paper examines what outcomes-based commissioning means, the evidence to support it, progress to date on introducing the approach in England, and the optimum role of national policy in response to it."

Need to nuture: Outcomes-based commissioning in the NHS
The Health Foundation
September 2015

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Outcome-based payment schemes: government’s use of payment by results

"This report highlights lessons on the selection and implementation of PbR in the UK public sector. Its intended main audience is commissioners and senior decision-makers within departments, as well as officials at the centre of government with an interest in public service delivery models."

Outcome-based payment schemes: government’s use of payment by results
National Audit Office
June 2015

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Tackling the myths about outcomes in health

"Designing services on the basis of outcomes is trickier than designing services to deliver specified activity or outputs, but it is also more likely to result in a better and more cost-effective service"

Outcomes based approaches to healthcare: Tackling the myths about outcomes in health 
Outcomes Based Healthcare
2014

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