Prospects for progress on health inequalities in England in the post-primary care trust era: Professional views on challenges, risks and opportunities

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Turner, Daniel ^a   Salway, Sarah ^a   Mir, Ghazala ^b   Ellison, George T H ^b   Skinner, John ^c   Carter, Lynne ^d   Bostan, Bushara ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d Airedale NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCG; Commissioning; General practitioners; Health inequalities; NHS; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875319827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-274     Document Type: Article

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