Perception of budgetary control: A study of differences across managers in Swedish public primary healthcare related to professional background and sex

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 664-672

  Nylinder, Pia ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Universities of Gothenburg and Lund   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Budgets; Occupational groups; Primary health care; Public sector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BUDGETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 79960315949     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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