THE SEARCH FOR A PROPORTIONATE CARE LAW BY FORMULA FUNDING IN THE ENGLISH NHS

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-410

  Bevan, Gwyn ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

equity; formula funding; health inequalities; NHS; resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955922705     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2009.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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