How are New Zealand's district health boards funded and does it matter if we can't tell?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1376, 2013, Pages

  Penno, Erin ^a   Gauld, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

DISCLOSURE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84878962341     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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