'Built it and they will come' - Or will they? Choice, policy paradoxes and the case of NHS treatment centres

Policy and Politics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 651-672

  Bate, Paul ^a   Robert, Glenn ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Healthcare; Innovation; Paradox

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE;

EID: 33750725777     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557306778553141     Document Type: Article

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