Commissioning services and the new community pharmacy contract: (2) drivers, barriers and approaches to commissioning

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 7413, 2006, Pages 189-192

  Bradley, Fay ^a   Elvey, Rebecca ^a   Ashcroft, Darren ^a   Noyce, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRACT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 33747603493     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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