Continuity through change: The rhetoric and reality of health reform in New Zealand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-262

  Ashton, Toni ^a   Mays, Nicholas ^b   Devlin, Nancy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Health reform; Internal market; New Zealand; Purchaser provider split

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES;

COMPETITION; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; MARKET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; REVIEW;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 18844455784     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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