The commercialisation of GP services: A survey of APMS contracts and new GP ownership

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 567, 2009, Pages 750-753

  Heins, Elke ^a   Pollock, Allyson M ^a   Price, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial sector; Competition; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTRACT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 70350297391     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X472638     Document Type: Article

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