The extent of the two tier service for fundholders

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7043, 1996, Pages 1399-1401

  Kammerling, Robert M ^a,b   Kinnear, Andrew ^a  

^a Avon Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b Somerset Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029882871     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7043.1399     Document Type: Article

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