Transforming Singapore health care: Public-private partnership

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 461-467

  Lim, Meng Kin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Health care regulation; Health economics; Health reform

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 24744468054     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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