What does locality commissioning in Avon offer? Retrospective descriptive evaluation

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7089, 1997, Pages 1246-

  Hine, Christine E ^a   Bachmann, Max O ^b  

^a Avon Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0031002475     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7089.1246     Document Type: Article

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