Patterns of Patient Registration with Primary Health Care in the UK National Health Service

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1135-1145

  Lewis, Daniel J ^a   Longley, Paul A ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethnicity classification; National Health Service; patient choice; primary care

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864566689     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.657500     Document Type: Article

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