Resource allocation to health authorities: The quest for an equitable formula in Britain and Sweden

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7112, 1997, Pages 875-878

  Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Varde, Eva ^a   Whitehead, Margaret ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030883137     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7112.875     Document Type: Short Survey

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