Implementing strategy: The politics of healthcare commissioning

Policy and Politics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-14

  North, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009711410     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557398782018301     Document Type: Article

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