Counting the costs: The risks of regulating and accounting for health care provision

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-21

  Kurunmäki, Liisa ^a   Miller, Peter ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Calculation; Costs; Expertise; Healthcare; Regulation; Results; Risk; Standard

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 39049087305     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570701782395     Document Type: Article

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