Stewardship of the Spanish National Health System

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386-399

  Bankauskaite, Vaida ^a   Novinskey, Christina M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Health systems; Spain; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY STRATEGY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 78349298345     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.1046     Document Type: Article

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