Managing health and finance: Conflict or congruence?

Public Money and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Clatworthy, Mark ^a   Mellett, Howard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031524804     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00090     Document Type: Article

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