New forms of provider in the english national health service;Nouveaux types de fournisseurs dans le système public de santé au Royaume Uni (National Health Service)

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-95

  Allen, Pauline ^a   Bartlett, Will ^b   Perotin, Virginie ^c   Zamora, Bernarda ^b   Turner, Simon ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79551694521     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2010.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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