Commissioning in the english national health service: What's the problem?

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 533-550

  Checkland, Kath ^a   Harrison, Stephen ^a   Snow, Stephanie ^a   McDermott, Imelda ^a   Coleman, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; SERVICE PROVISION;

EID: 84861810747     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279412000232     Document Type: Article

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