Uncertainty and commitment in commissioning of health services

Public Money and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 349-356

  Guven Uslu, Pinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commissioning; decision making; foundation trusts; NHS; PCTs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863492826     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.703419     Document Type: Article

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