Questions about New Zealand's health system in 2013, its 75th anniversary year

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1380, 2013, Pages 68-74

  Gauld, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84882592528     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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