Will intermediate care be the undoing of the NHS?: Here's another bit of covert privatisation

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7258, 2000, Pages 393-394

  Pollock, Allyson M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

FINANCING, PERSONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; PRIVATIZATION; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034641562     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7258.393     Document Type: Editorial

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