Competitive tendering in the Scottish National Health Service: Was it compulsory, and did it make a difference?
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عنوان ژورنال: Scottish Affairs
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0966-0356,2053-888X
DOI: 10.3366/scot.2000.0024