The aim of this study was to examine attitudes to prioritization in health care among the general public, politicians, doctors and nurses. The focus in this paper is on the types of services from a perspective that is `policy analytical'. This study forms part of the wider `Prioritization in Health
Equity in the allocation of health care resources
โ Scribed by Trevor A. Sheldon; Peter C. Smith
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1057-9230
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