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Creative destruction in the NHSChris Ham
BMJ 332:984-5. 2006
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwaterChris Ham
Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2RT, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 10:51-2. 2005
The ten characteristics of the high-performing chronic care systemChris Ham
Health Policy and Management, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Health Econ Policy Law 5:71-90. 2010..In doing so, it provides practical guidance to policy makers and health care leaders on the most promising strategies for improving the provision of chronic care, drawing on evidence from the experience of England, New Zealand and USA...- Money can't buy you satisfactionChris Ham
University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2RT
BMJ 330:597-9. 2005 - Does the district general hospital have a future?Chris Ham
Health Service Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2RT
BMJ 331:1331-3. 2005 - Incentives, priorities, and clinical integration in the NHSChris Ham
Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2RT, UK
Lancet 371:98-100. 2008 - Competition and integration in the English National Health ServiceChris Ham
University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2RT
BMJ 336:805-7. 2008 - Redesigning work processes in health care: lessons from the National Health ServiceChris Ham
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England
Milbank Q 81:415-39. 2003 - World class commissioning: a health policy chimera?Chris Ham
Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 13:116-21. 2008..In view of these challenges, a more promising alternative would be to develop competing integrated systems... - Chronic care in the English National Health Service: progress and challengesChris Ham
Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, England
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:190-201. 2009..However, investment in the chronic care policy has been modest, and the emphasis on case management appears to have been misplaced, when it is the cumulative effect of different interventions that is likely to have the greatest impact... - Explicit and implicit rationing: taking responsibility and avoiding blame for health care choicesC Ham
Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, 40 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2RT, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 6:163-9. 2001..The politics of rationing may favour muddling through and the evasion of responsibility but this will be difficult to sustain in an environment in which public awareness of decision-making in health care is growing... - Booking patients for hospital admissions: evaluation of a pilot programme for day casesHugh McLeod
Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2RT
BMJ 327:1147. 2003..NHS patients requiring elective surgery usually have to wait before being treated and are usually told when a date becomes available... - Improving the performance of health services: the role of clinical leadershipChris Ham
Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, B15 2RT, Birmingham, UK
Lancet 361:1978-80. 2003 - Rising to the challenge: will the NHS support people with long term conditions?Tim Wilson
Mill Stream Surgery, Wallingford OX10 6RL
BMJ 330:657-61. 2005 - Chronic-disease management. Welsh framework will cut through boundariesHelen Howson
Welsh Assembly
Health Serv J 117:16-7. 2007 - Reforms to NHS commissioning in EnglandChris Ham
BMJ 333:211-2. 2006 - Financial recovery. Moving down the line to financial stabilityChris Ham
Health Service Management Center, Birmingham University
Health Serv J 117:18-9. 2007 - The Wanless reviewChris Ham
BMJ 335:572-3. 2007 - Gordon Brown's agenda for the NHSChris Ham
BMJ 336:53-4. 2008 - Comparing reforms. Home truths from the other side of the worldChris Ham
Birmingham University's Health Services Management Centre
Health Serv J 118:16-7. 2008 - Hospital bed utilisation in the NHS, Kaiser Permanente, and the US Medicare programme: analysis of routine dataChris Ham
Strategy Unit, Department of Health, London SW1A 2NS
BMJ 327:1257. 2003..To compare the utilisation of hospital beds in the NHS in England, Kaiser Permanente in California, and the Medicare programme in the United States and California... - Hospital bookings. Sticking pointsChris Ham
Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham University
Health Serv J 112:22-5. 2002..Most patients with a booked appointment liked the system. Implementing a booking system requires considerable commitment from health professionals. The booking targets of the NHS plan will not be achieved without an increase in capacity... - Roundtable discussion. Wish they weren't here?Simon Stevens
UnitedHealth Europe
Health Serv J 117:22-5. 2007 - Reconfiguring acute hospitals in EnglandChris Ham
BMJ 333:1135-6. 2006 - New health economies. Premium bondChris Ham
Birmingham University's Health Services Management Centre
Health Serv J 115:18-9. 2005 - From targets to standards: but not just yetChris Ham
BMJ 330:106-7. 2005 - The contribution of general practice and the general practitioner to NHS patientsTim Wilson
Mill Stream Surgery, Benson, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 6RL, UK
J R Soc Med 99:24-8. 2006 - The medical profession, the public, and the governmentChris Ham
Strategy Unit, Department of Health, London SW1A 2NS
BMJ 324:838-42. 2002 - The future of primary and community care in EnglandChris Ham
BMJ 337:a819. 2008 - Quality failures in the NHSChris Ham
BMJ 336:340-1. 2008 - Would the NHS benefit from a single, identifiable leader? An email conversationDon Berwick
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, MA 02215, USA
BMJ 327:1421-4. 2003 - Turning around NHS deficitsChris Ham
BMJ 332:131-2. 2006 - Policy redesign issues. Framing the futureChris Ham
Birmingham University, Health Services Management Centre
Health Serv J 114:18-9. 2004 - Staying PowerChris Ham
Birmingham University, Health Services Management Centre
Health Serv J 116:26-8. 2006..The firm's approach involves closer integration between primary and secondary care. Pilot sites in the U.K. show the importance of integration across sectors and into the community... - Cut and thrust: how Wales went its own wayJan Williams
National Leadership and Innovation Agency in Health Care
Health Serv J 116:18-9. 2006 - What to do with insolvent hospitals: Will politicians allow providers to fail?Chris Ham
BMJ 335:170. 2007