Accounting in health care: Some evidence on the impact of casemix systems

British Accounting Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-211

  Lowe, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0007222793     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bare.2000.0131     Document Type: Article

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