Hospital reserve margins: Structural determinants and policy implications using cross-section data

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 692-709

  Graham, Glenn G ^a   Cowing, Thomas G ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031537603     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061103     Document Type: Article

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