Control and accountability in the NHS market: A practical proposition or logical impossibility?

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 62-75

  Glynn, John J ^a   Perkins, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Control; Management; NHS

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642554883     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559710156715     Document Type: Article

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