Choice and competition in publicly funded health care

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 479-488

  Le grand, Julian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; EMERGENCY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 70350707863     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133109990077     Document Type: Article

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