Contracts in the English NHS: Market levers and social embeddedness

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-337

  Hughes, David ^a   Petsoulas, Christina ^b   Allen, Pauline ^b   Doheny, Shane ^c   Vincent Jones, Peter ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contracting; English NHS; Marketisation; NHS reforms; Purchaser provider relations; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053922400     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2011.20.3.321     Document Type: Article

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