Reforming medical governance in Europe. What is it about institutions?

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-281

  Burau, Viola ^a   Wilsford, David ^b   France, George ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for the Study of Regionalism Federalism and Self Government   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DENMARK; EUROPE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED KINGDOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS;

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 70349568658     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133109005003     Document Type: Article

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