Independent sector treatment centres: The first independent evaluation, a Scottish case study

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 278-286

  Pollock, Allyson M ^a   Kirkwood, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTRACT; COST; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOSPITAL COST; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 67651159035     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090092     Document Type: Article

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