A centrally funded health service, free at the point of delivery

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7658, 2008, Pages 1410-1412

  Delamothe, Tony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL INSURANCE; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 46749145838     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a292     Document Type: Short Survey

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