Bigger is not always better: What the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission report means for general practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 448-449

  Kidd, Michael R ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 73349124513     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02883.x     Document Type: Article

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