Health funding: The nature of distortions and implications for the health service mix

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 271-273

  Segal, Leonie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUDGET; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031946937     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01188.x     Document Type: Article

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