Restratification revisited: The changing landscape of primary medical care in England and California

Current Sociology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-455

  McDonald, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

California; England; health reform; managed care; pay for performance; primary medical care; professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862669783     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392112438330     Document Type: Article

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