Edited by Anthony J. Culyer, University of Toronto, Canada and University of York, UK and the late Adam Wagstaff, former Reader in Economics, University of Sussex, UK

• Contents: Foreword (A.J. Culyer, A. Wagstaff) 1. The NHS Reforms – A Challenge or a Threat to NHS Values? (A.J. Culyer) 2. The NHS Reforms in an International Context (J. Hurst) 3. Health, Hierarchy and Hominids - Biological Correlates of the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health (R.G. Evans) 4. Contracts and Competition in the NHS (M. Chalkley, J.M. Malcomson) 5. Purchasing to Meet Need (C. Donaldson) 6. Capital and Labour Markets for Health (D.Mayston) 7. Is there Adequate Funding of Health Care? (A. McGuire) 8. Equity, Efficiency and Rationing of Health Care (J. Le Grand)

Edited by Anthony J. Culyer, University of Toronto, Canada and University of York, UK and the late Adam Wagstaff, former Reader in Economics, University of Sussex, UK

• Contents: Foreword (A.J. Culyer, A. Wagstaff) 1. The NHS Reforms – A Challenge or a Threat to NHS Values? (A.J. Culyer) 2. The NHS Reforms in an International Context (J. Hurst) 3. Health, Hierarchy and Hominids - Biological Correlates of the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health (R.G. Evans) 4. Contracts and Competition in the NHS (M. Chalkley, J.M. Malcomson) 5. Purchasing to Meet Need (C. Donaldson) 6. Capital and Labour Markets for Health (D.Mayston) 7. Is there Adequate Funding of Health Care? (A. McGuire) 8. Equity, Efficiency and Rationing of Health Care (J. Le Grand)

Edited by Anthony J. Culyer, University of Toronto, Canada and University of York, UK and the late Adam Wagstaff, former Reader in Economics, University of Sussex, UK

• Contents: Foreword (A.J. Culyer, A. Wagstaff) 1. The NHS Reforms – A Challenge or a Threat to NHS Values? (A.J. Culyer) 2. The NHS Reforms in an International Context (J. Hurst) 3. Health, Hierarchy and Hominids - Biological Correlates of the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health (R.G. Evans) 4. Contracts and Competition in the NHS (M. Chalkley, J.M. Malcomson) 5. Purchasing to Meet Need (C. Donaldson) 6. Capital and Labour Markets for Health (D.Mayston) 7. Is there Adequate Funding of Health Care? (A. McGuire) 8. Equity, Efficiency and Rationing of Health Care (J. Le Grand)