From plan to market: A comparison of health and old age care policies in the UK and Sweden

Public Money and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-243

  Fotaki, Marianna ^a   Boyd, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23444449128     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00479.x     Document Type: Review

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