Operational independence for the NHS

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7666, 2008, Pages 380-382

  Vaithianathan, Rhema ^a   Lewis, Geraint ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; MORALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 50049098870     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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