Hospital service reconfiguration: The battle for hearts and minds

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7845, 2012, Pages 20-22

  Barratt, Helen ^a   Raine, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84857512435     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e953     Document Type: Review

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