Why is Sweden rethinking its NHS style reforms?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7113, 1997, Pages 935-939

  Whitehead, Margaret ^a,b   Gustafsson, Rolf Å ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Old School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030777278     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7113.935     Document Type: Review

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