Public Hospital Spending in England: Evidence from National Health Service Administrative Records

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 433-459

  Kelly, Elaine ^a   Stoye, George ^a,b   Vera Hernández, Marcos ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health; hospitals; public spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996537125     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2016.12101     Document Type: Article

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