The role of accounting in the processes of health reform: Providing a 'black box' in the costing of blood products

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 439-458

  Lowe, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Case study; Cost accounting; Health sector; Sociology of translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031537284     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1996.0054     Document Type: Article

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