Decentring the NHS: A case study of resource allocation decisions within a health district

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-72

  Deeming, Chris ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study findings; NHS decentralization; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1142281884     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2004.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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