Are cuts to health expenditure in Victoria compromising quality of care?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-281

  Brown, Stephanie ^a   Lumley, Judith ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031924641     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01191.x     Document Type: Article

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