Commentary: James Alison Glover (1874-1963), OBE (1919) CBE (1941) MD (1905) DPH (1905) FRCP (1933): Health care variations research then and now

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  McPherson, Klim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INCIDENCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MILITARY MEDICINE;

EID: 38949181853     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym260     Document Type: Note

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