Adapting not adopting: 1958 - 74. Accounting and managerial 'Reform' in the early NHS

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-467

  Robson, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting change; Hospital accounting; Hospital costing

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648943315     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: 14664275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585200701609620     Document Type: Article

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