New Public Management NPM) Reforms Initially Implemented in the 1980s

question 1

Multiple Choice

New Public Management NPM) reforms initially implemented in the 1980s under the Thatcher government in the United Kingdom proposed that the best way to increase efficiency and reduce costs in the system through which of the following ways?

• A) Promote competition in service delivery among providers.
• B) Encourage patients to be compliant toward prescribed treatments.
• C) Cut back services offered under the public umbrella of health care.
• D) Increase opportunities for medical tourism.

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