Commissioning healthcare for people with long term conditions: The persistence of relational contracting in England's NHS quasi-market

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Porter, Alison ^a   Mays, Nicholas ^b   Shaw, Sara E ^c   Rosen, Rebecca ^d   Smith, Judith ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d The Nuffield Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRACT SERVICES; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; STROKE;

EID: 84878214089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-S1-S2     Document Type: Article

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