Access to health care services - An English policy perspective

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-208

  Goddard, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; LANGUAGE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 68149166868     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174413310900485X     Document Type: Article

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