Devolved budgeting, formula funding and equity

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-54

  Mayston, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Devolved budgeting; Equity; Formula funding; Health care finance; Public sector; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032013161     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1997.0069     Document Type: Article

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