Health care priorities as a problem of local resource allocation

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 216-229

  Kinnunen, Juha ^a   Lammintakanen, Johanna ^a   Myllykangas, Markku ^a   Ryynänen, Olli Pekka ^a   Takala, Jorma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Health care services; Key actors; Prioritization; Value based choices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BUDGET; FEMALE; FINLAND; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUDGETS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031794954     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1751(1998070)13:3<216::AID-HPM517>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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