Patient choice in healthcare in England and Sweden: From quasi-market and back to market? A comparative analysis of failure in unlearning

Public Administration

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1059-1075

  Fotaki, Marianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; LEARNING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36349016668     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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