Public purchasing and private priorities for healthcare in New Zealand

Health Policy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-43

  Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a   Ashton, Toni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Contracting; Health reforms; Priority setting; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; NEW ZEALAND; PURCHASING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACT SERVICES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0034333565     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(00)00095-6     Document Type: Article

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