Primary care trusts

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7471, 2004, Pages 871-872

  Walshe, Kieran ^a   Smith, Judith ^b   Dixon, Jennifer ^c   Edwards, Nigel ^d   Hunter, David J ^e   Mays, Nicholas ^f   Edward, Charles Normand ^g   Robinson, Ray ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS Confederation   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 5144231848     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.871     Document Type: Editorial

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