Lessons from the Italian NHS retrenchment policy

Health Policy

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 306-315

  Longo, Francesco ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care reforms; Implementation strategies; Italy; NHS; Retrenchment; Spending review

Indexed keywords

DRIVER; GOVERNMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPONSIBILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ITALY; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ITALY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84960463050     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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