Evaluating the introduction of a quasi-market in community care

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Jiménez, Javier Salinas ^a   Chaparro, Francisco Pedraja ^b   Smith, Peter C ^c  

^a Instituto de Estudios Fiscales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037353364     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0121(02)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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