A politics of priority setting: Ideas, interests and institutions in healthcare resource allocation

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 331-347

  Smith, Neale ^a   Mitton, Craig ^a   Davidson, Alan ^a   Williams, Iestyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

healthcare management; political science; Priority setting; rationing; resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907427792     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: 17494192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076714529141     Document Type: Article

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