Primary care and health reform in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1037, 1997, Pages 35-39

  Grant, Cameron C ^a   Forrest, Christopher B ^b   Starfield, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COST SHARING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; NEW ZEALAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031566902     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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