Primary care: Does practice based commissioning avoid the problems of fundholding?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7579, 2006, Pages 1168-1170

  Greener, Ian ^a   Mannion, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BUDGET; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BUDGETS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33845394808     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39022.486921.94     Document Type: Article

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