NHS capital expenditure and the private finance initiative—expansion or contraction?

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7201, 1999, Pages 48-51

  Gaffney, Declan ^a   Pollock, Allyson M ^a   Price, David ^b   Shaoul, Jean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INVESTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; CAPITAL FINANCING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0033519817     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7201.48     Document Type: Article

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