Supplier behaviour and public contracting in the English agency nursing market

Public Administration

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 800-818

  Lonsdale, Chris ^a   Kirkpatrick, Ian ^b   Hoque, Kim ^c   De Ruyter, Alex ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; EXPLOITATION; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSING CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SANITATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONTRACT SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS, NURSING; ENGLAND; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSING CARE; PUBLIC FACILITIES; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956288769     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01846.x     Document Type: Article

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