New Zealand's post-2008 health system reforms: Toward re-centralization of organizational arrangements

Health Policy

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-113

  Gauld, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health reforms; New zealand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUREAUCRACY; CENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RESPONSIBILITY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEW ZEALAND; POLITICS;

EID: 84862134902     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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