Does clinical management improve efficiency? Evidence from the English National Health Service

Public Money and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-42

  Veronesi, Gianluca ^a   Kirkpatrick, Ian ^a   Vallascas, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; clinicians; doctors; organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889603481     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865932     Document Type: Article

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