Rationing in the fiscal ice age

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-396

  Klein, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; ICE AGE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79451475516     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133110000095     Document Type: Review

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