Charging for capital in the NHS trusts: To improve efficiency?

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-112

  Shaoul, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital accounting; Capital charging; Efficiency; NHS; Private hospitals; Public sector management; Public service provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032013264     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1997.0065     Document Type: Article

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