Calculating target allocations for commissioning general practices in England

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7833, 2011, Pages 1077-

  Bevan, Gwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 82255164851     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d6732     Document Type: Editorial

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