Home care outsourcing strategy

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-193

  Drake, Paul R ^a   Davies, Bethan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practice; Home care; Outsourcing; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745102727     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260610662726     Document Type: Article

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