Collaborative commissioning of secondary care services by primary care trusts

Public Money and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-214

  Baxter, Kate ^a   Weiss, Marjorie ^b   Le Grand, Julian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34249091788     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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