Managing or managed? Experience of general practitioners in English Primary Care Groups and Trusts

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-35

  Locock, Louise ^a   Regen, Emma ^b   Goodwin, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; EXPERIENCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 1542361221     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095148404322772705     Document Type: Article

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