Challenges in Australian policy processes for disinvestment from existing, ineffective health care practices

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Elshaug, Adam G ^a   Hiller, Janet E ^a,b   Tunis, Sean R ^c   Moss, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Center for Medical Technology Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 37849000466     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-4-23     Document Type: Article

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