Hospital costs in Catalonia: A stochastic frontier analysis

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 471-474

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a   López, Guillem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 0001074570     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/758540809     Document Type: Article

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