The private financing of nhs hospitals: Politics, policy and practice

Economic Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-19

  Hellowell, Mark ^a   Pollock, Allyson M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Department of Health; Hospital building programme; Hospitals; National Health Service; PFI; Private Finance Initiative; Procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249140161     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: 14680270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01861.x     Document Type: Article

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