Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 84-91 , January 2008

Clinical-outcome-based demand management in health services

  • C. Brogan

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Action Support Team, WeLReN (West London Research Network), Imperial College, London, UK
    • University College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • D. Lawrence

      Affiliations

    • Brent Primary Care Trust, London, UK
    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Tel.: +442074365816; fax: +442075808183.
    • ,
  • L. Mayhew

      Affiliations

    • Brent Primary Care Trust, London, UK
    • Cass Business School, City University, London, UK

Received 17 March 2006 ,Revised 31 January 2007 ,Accepted 3 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.04.013

Public Health
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