General practitioner commissioning in the English National Health Service: Continuity, change, and future challenges

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 717-730

  Mannion, Russell ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

BUDGET; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

BUDGETS; CONTRACT SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POLITICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 57749193991     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.38.4.h     Document Type: Review

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