What happens when the private sector plans hospital services for the NHS: Three case studies under the private finance initiative

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7089, 1997, Pages 1266-1271

  Pollock, Allyson M ^a   Dunnigan, Matthew ^b   Gaffney, Declan ^b   Macfarlane, Alison ^b   Majeed, F Azeem ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031001018     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7089.1266     Document Type: Short Survey

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