Is decentralization good for your health? Transformations in the Italian NHS

Current Sociology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 472-488

  Pavolini, Emmanuele ^a   Vicarelli, Giovanna ^b  

^a Macerata University   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decentralization; healthcare governance; healthcare inequalities; Italy; NHS reform; welfare state retrenchment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862694679     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392112438332     Document Type: Article

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