Market structure and prices: The responses of hospitals in the UK National Health Service to competition

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-335

  Propper, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Internal markets; National health service; Pricing behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030239720     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01561-2     Document Type: Article

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