Measuring progress towards a primary care-led NHS

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 444, 1999, Pages 541-545

  Miller, Paul ^a   Craig, Neil ^b   Scott, Anthony ^b   Walker, Andrew ^b   Hanlon, Phil ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

General practitioners; National Health Service; Primary care led NHS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BUDGET; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0032780288     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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