Exploring the role of localities in health commissioning: A review of the literature

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-113

  Balogh, Ruth ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Decentralization; GP purchasing; Health commissioning; Joint planning; Locality commissioning; Locality purchasing; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010234617     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.1996.tb00430.x     Document Type: Article

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