Managing to manage healthcare resources in the English NHS? What can health economics teach? What can health economics learn?

Health Policy

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 249-261

  Bate, Angela ^a   Donaldson, Cam ^a   Murtagh, Madeleine J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care economics; Health planning; Qualitative research; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 35448977197     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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