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ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2015

Who killed the English National Health Service?

Martin Powell

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Article in International journal of health policy and management, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. 'Anything that We Can Do to Help, It's Got to Be Good' The Everyday Pragmatism of NHS Charities.Social anthropology : the journal of the European Association of Social Anthropologists = Anthropologie sociale · 2026
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  5. Lessons for the United States From Single-Payer Systems.American journal of public health · 2019
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  6. Let's Raise a Half-Full Glass to the Zombie NHS: A Response to Recent Commentaries.International journal of health policy and management · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Martin PowellHealth Services Management Centre, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The death of the English National Health Service (NHS) has been pronounced many times over the years, but the time and cause of death and the murder weapon remains to be fully established. This article reviews some of these claims, and asks for clearer criteria and evidence to be presented.

Indexed as

Health Care ReformState MedicineEnglandHealth PolicyHumansCriteriaEnd of the NHSEnglish National Health Service (NHS)

Identifiers

PMID25905477
PMCPMC4417629

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