Dollars, debts and duties: Lessons from funding Australian general practice

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 291-297

  Rogers, Wendy A ^a,b   Veale, Bronwyn ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australian general practice; Health outcomes; Performance indicators; Primary care; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034371397     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2000.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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