Conflicting financial incentives in the Irish health-care system

Economic and Social Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-301

  Brick, Aoife ^a   Nolan, Anne ^a   O'Reilly, Jacqueline ^a   Smith, Samantha ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL POLICY; HEALTH CARE; INCENTIVE;

IRELAND;

EID: 84863520278     PISSN: 00129984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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