Commissioning services and the new community pharmacy contract: (4) Governance and performance management

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 7415, 2006, Pages 251-253

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CONTRACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; PHARMACY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROCESS MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33748662452     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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