It is true there have been some changes to the delegate allocation rules, but they have not been significant enough to be "game changers", to use the cliche here.
In systems with weak institutional endowments and pressures of distributive politics, however, there is an increased likelihood of regulators acting opportunistically or imposing arbitrary changes to the cost allocation rules, which makes centralized solutions less desirable.
However, by incorporating currently implemented strategies (at specified levels of effective coverage) in the set of interventions for analysis, the ability to assess the incremental costs and effects of changes to the current allocation of resources is in fact preserved.
Using a case study research strategy we find that the implementation of a transfer pricing tax compliance strategy gives rise to a number of changes to the overhead cost allocation system design.
"By making changes to the council's allocations policy we can ensure that the housing register operates more efficiently as well as making it very clear to applicants from the outset the criteria expected and their chances of being re-housed".
Similarly, Choi and Day (1998) show that incentive contracts for divisional managers that solely depend on the managed division's profit may prevent the realization of the optimal tax minimizing transfer price if changes to the transfer price influence the allocation of risk between divisions.
Once the target allocation had been set in this way, it would be for the primary care trust to decide if and when to make further adjustments to account for issues such as population turnover, changes in list size, new practices, "distance from target," and pace of change to the target allocation.
In the process, we may affect changes to the system architecture derived from allocation of system functionality.
These estimates can be seen as estimates of the sensitivity of the network utility to changes of the allocation strategies.
It would also be considered successful as the recommendations were taken further in a report to the Minister, with changes to resource allocation made and the promotion of an evidence based culture in order to aid future resource allocation decisions.
For example, the change to the national kidney allocation scheme in April 2006, after which time both kidneys rather than just one from each donor were allocated on a national basis, as well as the increased priority given to time on the waiting list to determine organ allocation, will affect centres' transplant rates.
