Economies of scale in the Swiss nursing home industry

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-46

  Filippini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; ELDERLY CARE; SERVICE SECTOR;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035130826     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048501750041277     Document Type: Article

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