Private finance initiatives during NHS austerity

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7794, 2011, Pages 417-419

  Pollock, Allyson ^a   Price, David ^b   Liebe, Moritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; PRIVATE SECTOR; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79951973756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d324     Document Type: Review

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