Stochastic frontier estimation of cost models within the hospital

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 302-309

  Bradford, W David ^a   Kleit, Andrew N ^a   Krousel Wood, Marie A ^a   Re, Richard N ^a  

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EID: 0035630819     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00346530151143833     Document Type: Article

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