From cooperation to competition in national health systems - and back?: Impact on professional ethics and quality of care

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-79

  Segall, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Health systems; Professional ethics; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; SERVICE PROVISION;

COMPETITION; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MARKET; MEDICAL ETHICS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; WORLD BANK;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0034048368     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1751(200001/03)15:1<61::AID-HPM573>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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