System transformation: USA and international strategies in healthcare organisation and policy

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 190-203

  Luke, Roice D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centralisation; Devolution; Health policy; Health systems; Hospital clusters; Integrated delivery systems; International comparative analysis; Market strategy; Regionalisation; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957098547     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030603     Document Type: Article

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