Are New Zealand's new primary health organisations fit for purpose?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7580, 2006, Pages 1216-1218

  Gauld, Robin ^a   Mays, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; NOTE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH CARE REFORM; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33845565593     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39029.493542.94     Document Type: Note

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