Efficiency and administrative costs in primary care

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 983-1006

  Giuffrida, Antonio ^a   Gravelle, Hugh ^a   Sutton, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administrative costs; Cost function; Efficiency measurement; Performance indicators; Primary care

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033795653     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00057-6     Document Type: Article

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