The troubled transformation of Britain's National Health Service

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-415

  Klein, Rudolf ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HICCUP; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT SURVEY; TENSION; WORK CAPACITY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; STATE MEDICINE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33746420186     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMhpr062747     Document Type: Short Survey

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