Rationalizing northern ireland hospital services towards larger providers: Best-practice efficiency studies and current policy

Public Money and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 27-32

  McCallion, Gillian ^a   McKillop, Donal G ^b   Glass, J Colin ^a   Kerr, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033449042     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00162     Document Type: Article

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