How We Pay for Publishing

How should we pay for the NHS?

The question of how much we should spend on the NHS, and by what means, seems to have reached new urgency. Over the past week the BBC’s NHS Health Check series of special reports has given graphic form to a rising tide of concern, as waiting lists lengthen, increasingly sick and elderly patients queue inside and outside emergency departments, and overburdened doctors and nurses speak openly abo...

How Should We Pay for Health Care?

NICE work: how NICE decides what we should pay for.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is responsible for providing guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health in the UK. Fundamental to the decision-making process is the need to make recommendations based on the best available evidence with input from all stakeholders in a transparent and collaborative manner. 1 Health tec...

Or Plastic ’ : How We Pay Influences Post - Transaction Connection

Can the way that individuals pay for a good or service influence the amount of connection they feel after the purchase has occurred? Across three studies employing a multimethod approach, we find that individuals who pay using a relatively more painful form of payment (e.g., cash or check) increase their post-transaction connection in comparison to those who pay by less painful forms of payment...

“Paper or Plastic?”: How We Pay Influences Post-Transaction Connection

Does the way that individuals pay for a good or service influence the amount of connection they feel after the purchase has occurred? Employing a multi-method approach across four studies, individuals who pay using a relatively more painful form of payment (e.g., cash or check) increase their post-transaction connection to the product they purchased and/or the organization their purchase suppor...