Room for manoeuvre?. Explaining local autonomy in the English National Health Service

Health Policy

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 204-212

  Exworthy, Mark ^a   Frosini, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Local Health Economy; National Health Service; Primary Care Trusts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 40849136066     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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