How the secretary of state for health proposes to abolish the NHS in England

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7801, 2011, Pages

  Pollock, Allyson M ^a   Price, David ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; LONG TERM CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BUDGETS; CONTRACT SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84856662869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmi.d1695     Document Type: Article

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