GP commissioning and the NHS reforms: What lies behind the hard sell?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-10

  Reynolds, Lucy ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COMMISSION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SKILL;

EID: 84858211349     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2011.110195     Document Type: Article

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