Models of commissioning health services in the British National Health Service: A literature review

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-227

  Chappel, David ^a   Miller, Paul ^b   Parkin, David ^a   Thomson, Richard ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care reform; Health planning; Health policy; Health services administration

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0033035582     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.2.221     Document Type: Review

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