How not to fund hospital and community health services in England

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-164

  Stone, Mervyn ^a,c   Galbraith, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct measurement; Health need; Primary care trusts; Proxy variables; Weighted capitation funding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645059944     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2005.00392.x     Document Type: Review

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